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.
- 2012
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Symbolischer Wert und Warenwert
Rudolph, S. & Wuggenig, U., 2012, Das Kunstfeld: Eine Studie über Akteure und Institutionen der zeitgenössischen Kunst am Beispiel von Zürich, Wien, Hamburg und Paris. Munder, H. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Zürich: JRP Ringier Verlag, p. 315-341 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The iPhone’s Failure—Protests and Resistances
Leistert, O., 2012, Moving Data: The iPhone and the Future of Media. Snickars, P. & Vonderau, P. (eds.). USA/ Vereinigten Staaten: Columbia University Press, p. 238-248 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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The Sharing Turn: Why We are Generally Nice and Have a Good Chance to Cooperate our Way Out of the Mess We Have Gotten Ourselves Into
Graßmuck, V., 2012, Media, Knowledge and Education: Cultures and Ethics of Sharing: Medien - Wissen - Bildung: Kulturen und Ethiken des Teilens. Sützl, W., Stalder, F., Maier, R. & Hug, T. (eds.). Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, p. 17-34 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Über Konstruktion und Dekonstruktion von Gehörlosigkeit bei Kindern
Bosteels, S., Blume, S. & Bösenberg, E. S. (Translator), 2012, Verbesserte Körper - gutes Leben?: Bioethik, Enhancement und die Disability Studies. Eilers, M., Grüber, K. & Rehmann-Sutter, C. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 123-144 22 p. 6. ( Praktische Philosophie Kontrovers / Practical Philosophy controversial / Philosophie pratique en controverse; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ungleich mächtig: Das Gendering von Führungspersonen aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft in der Medienkommunikation
Lünenborg, M. & Röser, J., 2012, transcript Verlag. 270 p. (Critical Media Studies)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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(Un-)Möglichkeiten kritischer Geschlechtertheorie und -politik: Öffentliche Kontroversen
Thomas, T., 2012, Medien, Öffentlichkeit und Geschlecht in Bewegung: Forschungsperspektiven der kommunikations- und medienwissenschaftlichen Geschlechterforschung. Maier, T., Thiele, M. & Linke, C. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 27-49 22 p. (Critical media studies; no. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Virtueller Raum
Warnke, M., 2012, Lexikon der Raumphilosophie. Günzel, S. (ed.). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft - WBG, p. 441 -442 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Vom Nutzen enger Kanäle – Diskursverknappung als Methode
Warnke, M., 2012, Öffentliche Wissenschaft und Neue Medien: Die Rolle der Web 2.0-Kultur in der Wissenschaftsvermittlung. Robertson-von Trotha, C. Y. & Muñoz Morcillo, J. (eds.). Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing, p. 91-99 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Weltlinie
Warnke, M., 2012, Lexikon der Raumphilosophie. Günzel, S. (ed.). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft - WBG, p. 451-452 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Weltmilitär
Spreen, D., 2012, Die Reform der Bundeswehr: Von Menschen für Menschen. Buch, D. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 51-60 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review