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

    Welt-Bilder und Weltmodelle: Resonanz als Metapherntechnik und Technikmetapher

    Görlich, C., 2017, Resonanzen und Dissonanzen: Hartmut Rosas kritische Theorie in der Diskussion. Peters, C. H. & Schulz, P. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 271-290 20 p.

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

  3. Published

    Why Notational Iconicity is a Form of Operational Iconicity

    Krämer, S., 2017, Dimensions of Iconicity. Zirker, A., Bauer, M., Fischer, O. & Ljungberg, C. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 303-320 18 p. (Iconicity in language and literature; vol. 15).

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

  4. Published

    Wir sind drin. Zur Gegenwart digitaler Kulturen

    Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C., 2017, Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 5-11 7 p. (Edition Speersort)(Duisburger Dialoge).

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

  5. Published

    Zeugenschaft als philosophisches Problem - Zur Einleitung in diesen Band

    Krämer, S., Schmidt, S. & Schülein, J.-G., 2017, Philosophie der Zeugenschaft: Eine Anthologie. Krämer, S., Schmidt, S. & Schülein, J.-G. (eds.). Münster: mentis Verlag, p. 7-24 18 p.

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

  6. 2016
  7. Published

    Das relationale Apriori Wiens / Das städtische Apriori des Relationalismus: Stadt, Raum und Text in Robert Musils „Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften“

    Schnödl, G., 15.12.2016, In: Le Foucaldien. 2, 1, 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Truth in testimony: Or can a documentary film ‘bear witness’? Some reflections on the difference between discursive and existential truth

    Krämer, S., 07.12.2016, In the Beginning was the Image: The Omnipresence of Pictures: Time, Truth, Tradition. Benedek, A. & Veszelszki, Á. (eds.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 29-39 11 p. (Visual learning; vol. 6).

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

  9. Published

    THE PARALLAX OF INDIVIDUATION: simondon and schelling

    Hui, Y., 12.2016, In: Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities. 21, 4, p. 77-89 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Qu’est-ce que la « marge d’indétermination »?

    Hui, Y., 24.11.2016

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Figuration, Anschauung, Erkenntnis: Grundlinien einer Diagrammatologie

    Krämer, S., 14.11.2016, Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag. 361 p. (suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft; vol. 2176)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    E-Mail als sozio-technisches Hybrid

    Siegert, P. F., 10.11.2016, Handbuch Soziale Praktiken und Digitale Alltagswelten. Friese, H., Rebane, G., Nolden, M. & Schreiter, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, p. 1-9 9 p. (Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften).

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

  13. Published

    Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association: DiGRA

    Björk, S. (Editor) & Fuchs, M. (Editor), 01.11.2016, Pittsburgh: ETC Press. 261 p. (ToDiGRA; vol. 2, no. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  14. Published

    Medialität, Performativität und Sprachförmigkeit des Geldes. Drei Dimensionen über das Geld als Denkform zu reflektieren

    Krämer, S., 11.2016, Geld! Welches Geld?: Geld als Denkform. Brodbeck, K.-H. & Graupe, S. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 153-172 20 p.

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

  15. Published

    On the Synthesis of Social Memories

    Hui, Y., 11.2016, Memory in Motion : Archives, Technology and the Social. Blom, I., Lundemo, T. & Røssaak, E. (eds.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, p. 307-325 19 p.

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

  16. Published
  17. Published

    Interpassives Spielen

    Fuchs, M., 20.09.2016, Phänomen Let´s Play-Video : Entstehung, Ästhetik, Aneignung und Faszination aufgezeichneten Computerspielhandelns. Ackermann, J. (ed.). Springer Verlag, p. 31-41 11 p. 2. (Neue Perspektiven der Medienästhetik).

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

  18. Published

    Rezension im erweiterten Forschungskontext: Macht & Medien

    Denecke, M., 09.2016, In: MEDIENwissenschaft. Rezensionen. Reviews.. 2016, 3, p. 318-324 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  19. Published

    Proceedings SMC 2016: 31.8.2016, Hamburg, Germany

    Großmann, R. (Editor) & Hajdu, G. (Editor), 31.08.2016, Hamburg: Zentrum für Mikrotonale Musik und Multimediale Komposition (ZM4). 513 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  20. Published

    Art, Aesthetics and Organization

    Beyes, T., 26.08.2016, A Research Agenda for Management and Organization Studies. Czarniawska, B. (ed.). 1 ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 115-125 11 p. (Elgar research agendas).

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

  21. Published

    Introduction

    Lushetich, N. (Editor) & Fuchs, M. (Editor), 01.08.2016, In: Performance Research . 21, 4, p. 1-7 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  22. Published
  23. Published

    Tristan Garcia, Form and Object: A Treaty of Things

    Hui, Y., 08.2016, In: Journal for Visual Culture. 15, 2, p. 288-292 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  24. Published

    Is there a diagrammatic impulse with Plato? ‘Quasi-diagrammatic-scenes’ in Plato’s philosophy

    Krämer, S., 11.07.2016, Thinking with Diagrams: The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition. Krämer, S. & Ljungberg, C. (eds.). Boston: Walter de Gruyter, p. 163-177 15 p. (Semiotics, communication and cognition ; vol. 17).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  25. Published

    Thinking and Diagrams - An Introduction

    Krämer, S. & Ljungberg, C., 11.07.2016, Thinking with Diagrams : The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition. Krämer, S. & Ljungberg, C. (eds.). Boston: Walter de Gruyter, p. 1-19 19 p. (Semiotics, communication and cognition; vol. 17).

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

  26. Published

    Thinking with Diagrams: The Semiotic Basis of Human Cognition

    Krämer, S. (Editor) & Ljungberg, C. (Editor), 11.07.2016, Walter de Gruyter. 247 p. (Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC]; vol. 17)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  27. Published

    Kybernetische Biopolitik: (Im)materielle Arbeit am Selbst

    Hille, L., 04.07.2016, In: Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialtheorie und Philosophie. 3, 1, p. 94-107 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Spaces with a temper: On atmospheres of education

    Michels, C. & Beyes, T., 17.06.2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Steyaert, C., Beyes, T. & Parker, M. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 312-329 18 p.

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

  29. Published

    A new fully integrated X-ray irradiator system for dosimetric research

    Richter, D., Mittelstraß, D., Kreutzer, S., Pintaske, R., Dornich, K. & Fuchs, M., 01.06.2016, In: Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 112, p. 122-130 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    #3 Unstable Infrastructures: spheres Editorial Collective

    Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Feigelfeld, P., Freudenschuß, M., Hille, L., Luchs, I., Simons, S., Wiedemann, C. & Yoosuf, H., 06.2016, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 3, p. 1-3 3 p.

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

  31. Published

    Hacking the Classroom: Rethinking learning through social media practices

    Bachmann, G. & Shah, N., 06.2016, The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education. Steyaert, C., Beyes , T. & Parker, M. (eds.). London/New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 287-297 11 p. 21

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

  32. Published

    The Routledge Companion to Reinventing Management Education

    Steyaert, C. (Editor), Beyes, T. (Editor) & Parker, M. (Editor), 31.05.2016, London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 550 p. (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  33. Published

    What’s German about German media theory?

    Pias, C., 10.05.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. Friesen, N. (ed.). Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 15-27 13 p.

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

  34. Published

    Quantified Selves and Statistical Bodies

    Abend, P. (Editor), Fuchs, M. (Editor), Reichert, R. (Editor), Richterich, A. (Editor) & Wenz, K. (Editor), 04.04.2016, 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 196 p. (Digital Culture and Society; vol. 2, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  35. Published

    “Sposi, Amici, al ballo, al gioco!”: Brevi cenni di ludicizzazione … del diciottesimo secolo

    Fuchs, M., 02.04.2016, Oltre il gioco: Critica della ludicizzazione urbana. Bittanti, M. & Zilio, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Milano: Unicopli, p. 23-34 12 p. 1. (Ludologica: Videogames d'autore; vol. 28).

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

  36. Published

    Century of Play: 18th Century Precursors of Gamification

    Fuchs, M., 01.04.2016, In: Kinephanos. Special issue, p. 9-33 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Point, line, surface as plane. From notational iconicity to diagrammatology

    Krämer, S., 01.04.2016, Theorizing Images. Paic, Z. & Purgar, K. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 202-227 26 p.

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

  38. Published

    Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialtheorie und Philosophie: Technik und Technikdiskurse

    Voller, C. (Editor), 04.2016, Walter de Gruyter. 241 p. (Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialtheorie und Philosophie; vol. 3, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  39. Published

    Spuren, Graphé, Wissenskünste. Zur Episteme der Spur

    Krämer, S., 10.03.2016, Der Spur auf der Spur : Sur les traces de la trace. Attia, S., Streble, I., Le Bouëdec, N. & Volkwein, A. (eds.). Heidelberg: Winter Universitätsverlag, p. 19-30 12 p. (Germanisch-romanische Monatsschrift/Beiheft; vol. 71).

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

  40. Published

    Cybernetics: The Macy Conferences 1946-1953. The Complete Transactions

    Pias, C. (Editor), 03.2016, Zurich: Diaphanes Verlag. 736 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  41. Published

    Phonographic work: Reading and writing sound

    Großmann, R., 03.2016, Sound as popular culture: a research companion. Papenburg, J. G. & Schulze, H. (eds.). Cambridge: The MIT Press, p. 355-366 12 p.

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

  42. Published

    Sound as Musical Material

    Großmann, R. & Hanacek, M., 03.2016, Sound as popular culture: a research companion. Papenburg, J. G. & Schulze, H. (eds.). Cambridge: The MIT Press, p. 53-64 12 p.

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

  43. Published

    On the Existence of Digital Objects

    Hui, Y., 29.02.2016, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 314 p. (Electronic Mediations; no. 4)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  44. Published

    Collectives, Connectives, and the ‘Nonsense1 of Participation

    Pias, C., 02.2016, ReClaiming participation: technology - mediation - collectivity . Denecke, M., Ganzert, A., Stock, R. & Otto, I. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 23-38 17 p.

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

  45. Published

    Einleitung

    Pias, C. & Rieger, S., 02.2016, Vollstes Verständnis: Utopien der Kommunikation. Pias, C. & Rieger, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin / Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 7-13 7 p.

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

  46. Published

    ReClaiming Participation: Technology - Mediation - Collectivity

    Denecke, M. (Editor), Ganzert, A. (Editor), Otto, I. (Editor) & Stock, R. (Editor), 02.2016, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 296 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  47. Published

    Vollstes Verständnis: Utopien der Kommunikation

    Pias, C. (Editor) & Rieger, S. (Editor), 02.2016, 1 ed. Berlin / Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 208 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  48. Published

    Zur Aktualität der Rhythmusbewegung im 21. Jahrhundert: Eine Respondenz

    Großmann, R., 02.2016, In: Die Musikforschung. 69, 2, p. 157-160 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Queer mobiles and mobile queers: Intersections, vectors, and movements in India

    Shah, N., 01.01.2016, Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia. Hjorth, L. & Khoo, O. (eds.). Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, p. 275-284 10 p.

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

  50. Published

    The messenger as a model in Media Theory. Reflections on the philosophical di-mensions of theorizing Media

    Krämer, S., 01.01.2016, Media Transatlantic: Developments in Media and Communication Studies Between North American and German-Speaking Europe. N. F. (ed.). Cham: Springer Verlag, p. 197-213 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  51. Published

    Weltentzug und Weltzerfall (world-withdrawal and world-decay): Heidegger’s notions of withdrawal from the world and the decays of worlds in the times of computer games

    Fuchs, M., 01.01.2016, Philosophical Perspectives on Play. Maclean, M., Russell, W. & Ryall, E. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 152-165 14 p.

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

  52. Published

    Lebenstreue Medien: Von immersierten Körpern zu digitalen Menschmodellen

    Kasprowicz, D., 01.2016, Die mediatisierte Gesellschaft: Leben und arbeiten mit immersiven Medien. Hochscherf, T. (ed.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 27-39 13 p. (Jahrbuch für immersive Medien; vol. 2015).

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

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