Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The ICAM researches the conditions, effects and aesthetics of digital media in connection with processes of culturalization, the technologization of social and economic relations, and the generation and archiving of knowledge. Our studies reflect on how (digital) media always also contribute to shaping the signs and objects they store, transmit or process in a specific way. At the same time, we are interested in how certain cultural techniques contribute to shaping the usage and areas of application of digital media.

Researchers at the ICAM explore the cultural and technological history of digital media—from cybernetics and the beginnings of the computer all the way to present-day network technologies, from textual and acoustic to visual forms of media representation, and from the classics to current concepts of media theory formation.

Main research areas

The ICAM researches the conditions, effects and aesthetics of digital media in connection with processes of culturalization, the technologization of social and economic relations, and the generation and archiving of knowledge. Our studies reflect on how (digital) media always also contribute to shaping the signs and objects they store, transmit or process in a specific way. At the same time, we are interested in how certain cultural techniques contribute to shaping the usage and areas of application of digital media.

In the different core areas researchers at the ICAM explore the cultural and technological history of digital media—from cybernetics and the beginnings of the computer all the way to present-day network technologies, from textual and acoustic to visual forms of media representation, and from the classics to current concepts of media theory formation. 

The ICAM maintains close institutional contact and cooperates with the Leuphana, e.g., the Moving Image Lab of the Innovation Incubator, the Leuphana College, the Leuphana Arts Program and the Leuphana Graduate School. Furthermore, the ICAM is responsible for the Audio and Video Labs of the Computer and Media Center of Leuphana. 

  1. 2017
  2. Published

    Train Ticket Sharing: Alternative Forms of Computing in the City

    Bialski, P., 31.07.2017, In: The Fibreculture Journal. 29, p. 115-128 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Bats in the Belfry: On the Relationship of Cybernetics and German Media Theory

    Müggenburg, J. K., 28.07.2017, In: Canadian Journal of Communication. 42, 3, p. 467 – 484 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    „Das scheint mir das Widersprüchliche in der Kybernetik zu sein: Im gleichen Atemzug mit einer De-Anthropologisierung wird ein neuer Humanismus gefeiert.“

    Pias, C., 10.07.2017, Eine Genealogie des MedienDenkens: Siegfried Zielinski im Gespräch mit: Hans Belting, Knut Ebeling, Thomas Elsaesser, Wolfgang Ernst, VALIE EXPORT, Boris Groys, Sybille Krämer, Geert Lovink, Joachim Paech, Claus Pias, Hans Ulrich Reck, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Nils Röller, Otto Rössler, Florian Rötzer, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Henning Schmidgen, Peter Weibel und Hartmut Winkler.. Hadler, F. & Irrgang, D. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 491-520 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Phantasmen. Quelques fleurs

    Schwarzhans, W. & Bösenberg, E. S., 10.07.2017, (Mit) Pflanzen kartographieren. Loreck, H., Klier, A. & Lindeborg, S. (eds.). Hamburg: Materialverlag-HFBK Hamburg, p. 84-87 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Végétal Cristalline

    Bösenberg, E. S., 10.07.2017, (Mit) Pflanzen kartographieren. Loreck, H., A. K. & Lindeborg, S. (eds.). Hamburg: Materialverlag-HFBK Hamburg, p. 148-151 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    “Es ist die Medientheorie avant la lettre, die sich in der Legende vom sterbenden Boten verbirgt"

    Krämer, S., 07.2017, Zur Genealogie des MedienDenkens. Irrgang, D. & Hadler, F. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 255-278 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Media Genealogy: Back to the Present of Digital Cultures

    Apprich, C. & Bachmann, G., 23.06.2017, Digitisation: Theories and Concepts for Empirical Cultural Research. Koch, G. (ed.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 293 - 306 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    General Ecology: The New Ecological Paradigm

    Hörl, E. H. (Editor), 05.2017, 1 ed. London/New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 384 p. (Theory)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Introduction to General Ecology: The Ecologization of Thinking

    Hörl, E. H. & Schott, N. F. (Translator), 05.2017, General Ecology: The New Ecological Paradigm. Hörl, E. & Burton, J. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 1 – 75 75 p. (Theory).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Good Vibrations: Eine Geschichte der elektronischen Musikinstrumente

    Brilmayer, B. (Editor), Hardjowirogo, S.-I. (Editor) & Restle, C. (Editor), 18.04.2017, Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag. 168 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesExhibition cataloguesTransfer

  12. Published

    Flattening As Cultural Technique: Epistemic and Aesthetic Functions of Inscribed Surfaces

    Krämer, S., 01.04.2017, In: Journal of the American Musicological Society. 70, 1, p. 239-244 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Performing the Digital: Performativity and Performance Studies in Digital Cultures

    Leeker, M. (Editor), Schipper, I. (Editor) & Beyes, T. (Editor), 01.03.2017, Bielefeld : transcript Verlag. 300 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft; vol. 11)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  14. Published

    Das Blut, das Ich und sein Schatten: Zu den Emblemen einer zirkulären Serialität in Dexter

    Hagen, W., 03.2017, Bis auf Weiteres. Pinnwand und Serie. Engell, L., Maeder, D., Schröter, J. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 57-64 8 p. (Augen-Blick : Konstanzer Hefte zur Medienwissenschaft; vol. 68).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  15. Published

    The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830

    Wellmann, J., 03.2017, New York: Zone Books. 423 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Between Drudgery and "Promesse du bonheur": Games and Gamification

    Fuchs, M., 10.02.2017, New Perspectives on the Social Aspects of Digital Gaming : Multiplayer 2. Kowert, R. & Quandt, T. (eds.). 1 ed. London, New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 185-199 15 p. (Routledge advances in game studies).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  17. Published

    Philosophie der Zeugenschaft: Eine Anthologie

    Krämer, S. (Editor), Schmidt, S. (Editor) & Schülein, J.-G., 01.02.2017, Münster: mentis Verlag. 243 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  18. Published

    I Am Not A Hacker

    Bialski, P., 02.2017, Hacks, Leaks, and Breaches. Coleman, E. G. & Kelty, C. M. (eds.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Vol. 8. p. 102-106 5 p. (Limn; vol. 8).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Adorno’s Grey, Taussig’s Blue: Colour, organization and critical affect

    Beyes, T. & De Cock, C., 01.01.2017, In: Organization. 24, 1, p. 59-78 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Gamification: Geheimwaffe oder Bullshit?

    Fuchs, M., 01.01.2017, In: form Design Magazine. 269, p. 57-60 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Home for Hire: How the sharing economy commoditises our private sphere

    Bialski, P., 01.01.2017, Sharing Economies in Times of Crisis: Practices, Politics and Possibilities. Ince, A. & Hall, S. M. (eds.). Oxford: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 83-95 13 p. (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  22. Published

    The state of the internets: Notes for a new historiography of technosociality

    Shah, N., 01.01.2017, The Routledge Companion to Global Internet Histories. Goggin, G. & McLelland, M. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 49-60 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Beating Time: Futuristische Geschichten und vergangene Zukünfte der Drum-Machine

    Pelleter, M., 2017, Good Vibrations: Eine Geschichte der elektronischen Musikinstrumente. Restle, C., Brillmaier, B. & Hardjowirogo, S.-I. (eds.). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 41-45 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Computer Game Worlds

    Pias, C., 2017, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 355 p. (sequenzia)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Das Ereignis, „wenn man sich im Bett umdreht“ – Zur Zukunft des Subjekts bei Alain Badiou und Robert Musil

    Schnödl, G., 2017, Zurück in die Zukunft: Die Bedeutung von Diskursen über „Zukunft“ in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Freitag, K. & Groß, D. (eds.). Kassel: Kassel university press, p. 75-90 16 p. ( Studien des Aachener Kompetenzzentrums für Wissenschaftsgeschichte; vol. 18).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Die Rettung des Ontologischen durch das Ontische? Ein Kommentar zu 'operativen Ontologien'

    Krämer, S., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung. 8, 2, p. 125-142 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Ecologies of Making: On Tim Ingold´s General-Ecological Critique of Worldmaking

    Hörl, E., 2017, +ultra knowledge & gestaltung. Doll, N., Bredekamp, H. & Schäffner, W. (eds.). Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, p. 45-53 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Entwickler

    Bialski, P., 2017, Nach der Revolution : Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen . Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 140-148 9 p. ("Duisburger Dialoge" der Haniel Stiftung).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  29. Published

    Gerhard Rühm oder: Vom Eigensinn der Medien

    Krämer, S., 2017, Gerhard Rühm. Brugger, I. & Eipeldauer, H. (eds.). Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 27-32 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Gespenster des Wissens

    Holl, U. (Editor), Pias, C. (Editor) & Wolf, B. (Editor), 2017, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 440 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

  31. Published

    Instrumentality: On the Construction of Instrumental Identity

    Hardjowirogo, S.-I., 2017, Musical Instruments in the 21st Century: Identities, Configurations, Practices. Bovermann, T., de Campo, A., Egermann, H., Hardjowirogo, S.-I. & Weinzierl, S. (eds.). Singapore: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 9-24 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  32. Published

    Interferences and Events: On Epistemic Shifts in Physics through Computer Simulations

    Dippel, A. (Editor) & Warnke, M. (Editor), 2017, Lüneburg: meson press. 182 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  33. Published

    Introduction

    Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment. Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 1-10 10 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  34. Published

    Introduction: Converging the Yet-Separate Theoretical Discourses of Testimony Studies

    Krämer, S. & Weigel, S., 2017, Testimony/Bearing Witness: Epistemology, Ethics, History, and Culture. Krämer, S. & Weigel, S. (eds.). London: Rowman & Littlefield International, p. IX-XII 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Krassheiten: Das Ende der Massen und ihrer Medien

    Warnke, M., 2017, In: Treffpunkte. 2017, 3, p. 13 – 16 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Kritische Übergänge. Relationsmodelle der Kritik um 1900

    Schnödl, G., 2017, Julius Meier-Graefe: Grenzgänger der Künste. Becker, I. & Marchal, S. (eds.). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 44-58 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Media and Migration: Editorial

    Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Freudenschuß, M., Hille, L., Simons, S., Wiedemann, C., Heinrichs, R. & Yoosuf, H., 2017, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 4, 2, 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  38. Published

    Mediengenealogie: Zurück in die Gegenwart digitaler Kulturen

    Apprich, C. & Bachmann, G., 2017, Digitalisierung: Theorien und Konzepte für die empirische Kulturforschung. Koch, G. (ed.). Konstanz, München: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, p. 405-426 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  39. Published

    Musical Instruments in the 21st Century: Identities, Configurations, Practices

    Bovermann, T. (Editor), de Campo, A. (Editor), Egermann, H. (Editor), Hardjowirogo, S.-I. (Editor) & Weinzierl, S. (Editor), 2017, Singapore: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. 412 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  40. Published

    On cosmotechnics: For a renewed relaton between technology and nature in the anthropocene

    Hui, Y., 2017, In: Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology. 21, 2-3, p. 319-341 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Optical Diagrams as “Paper Tools”: Della Porta’s Analysis of Biconvex Lenses from De refractione to De telescopio

    Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615). Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 57-96 40 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  42. Published

    Profil

    Bernard, A., 2017, Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 38-48 11 p. (Duisburger Dialoge).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  43. Published

    Reframing the technosphere: Peter Sloterdijk and Bernard Stiegler's anthropotechnological diagnoses of the anthropocene

    Lemmens, P. & Hui, Y., 2017, In: Krisis. Journal for Contemporary Philosophy. 2, p. 26-41 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  44. Published

    Rhythm and Technics: On Heidegger's Commentary on Rimbaud

    Hui, Y., 2017, In: Research in Phenomenology. 47, 1, p. 60-84 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  45. Published

    Silicon Valley

    Bachmann, G., 2017, Nach der Revolution: ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 65-76 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  46. Published

    Sprechen, Schreiben, Programmieren. Digitalisierung alter Kulturtechniken oder digitale Kultur?

    Krämer, S., 2017, In: Der Blaue Reiter - Journal für Philosophie. 41, p. 16-20 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Spur, Zeuge, Wahrheit. Zeugenschaft im Spannungsfeld zwischen diskursiver und existenzialer Wahrheit?

    Krämer, S., 2017, Über Zeugen: Szenarien von Zeugenschaft und ihre Akteure. Däumer, M., Kalisky, A. & Schlie, H. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 147-166 20 p. (Trajekte).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    The Hidden Space of Production: Virtuality in Henri Bergson and Gilbert Simondon

    Kasprowicz, D., 2017, You were not expected to do this : On the Dynamics of Production: Distraction/Interference - Resistence/Accident. Blanga-Gubbay, D. & Ruchaud, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Düsseldorf University Press, p. 111-126 16 p. (materialisierungen; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    The social productivity of anonymity: An introduction

    Bachmann, G., Knecht, M. & Wittel, A., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 241-258 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  50. Published

    The Social Productivity of Anonymity: Special Issue of Ephemera Journal

    Bachmann, G. (Editor), Knecht, M. (Editor) & Wittel, A. (Editor), 2017, 2 ed. Warwick Business School. (Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization; vol. 17, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  51. Published

    The terms of anonymity: An interview with Marit Hansen, German data protection expert

    Bachmann, G. & Bialski, P., 2017, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 17, 2, p. 421-430 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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