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.
- 2022
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Reichweitenangst: Batterien und Akkus als Medien des Digitalen Zeitalters
Müggenburg, J. (Editor), 2022, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 295 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft; vol. 28)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Reichweitenangst: Zur Einleitung
Müggenburg, J., 2022, Reichweitenangst: Batterien und Akkus als Medien des Digitalen Zeitalters. Müggenburg, J. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 7-23 17 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft; vol. 28).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Tiefen der Täuschung: Computersimulation und Wirklichkeitserzeugung
Dippel, A. & Warnke, M., 2022, 1 ed. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz Berlin. 172 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- 2021
- Published
Soziale Medien als Technologien der Überwachung und Kontrolle
Leistert, O., 24.12.2021, Handbuch Soziale Medien. Schmidt, J.-H. & Taddicken, M. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1 - 19 19 p. (Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ruins of Excess: Computer Game Images and the Rendering of Technological Obsolescence
Luersen, E. H. & Fuchs, M., 01.12.2021, In: Games and Culture . 16, 8, p. 1087-1110 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wenn Batterien unter die Haut gehen
Hille, L., 29.11.2021, Reichweitenangst: Batterien und Akkus als Medien des Digitalen Zeitalters. Müggenburg, J. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 63-76 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Assistenz für wen? Autonomes Fahren zwischen Norm und Variabilität
Stock, R. & Müggenburg, J., 20.10.2021, Autonome Autos: Medien- und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf die Zukunft der Mobilität. Sprenger, F. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 339-358 20 p. (Digitale Gesellschaft; vol. 32).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Segment Introduction
Nigro, R. & Hörl, E., 01.10.2021, Taking Sides: Theories, Practices, and Cultures of Participation in Dissent. Bippus, E., Ganzert, A. & Otto, I. (eds.). 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, Vol. 28. p. 251-257 7 p. (Culture & theory; vol. 211).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Research
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Das Phänomen Trump als Effekt von Microtargeting und Psychometrie
Leistert, O., 29.09.2021, Data Politics: Zum Umgang mit Daten im digitalen Zeitalter. Bachor, M., Hug, T. & Pallaver, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Innsbruck: innsbruck university press, p. 19 - 33 15 p. (Edited Volumes).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Constructing strangeness: Exploratory modeling and concept formation
Borrelli, A., 20.08.2021, In: Perspectives on Science. 29, 4, p. 388-408 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review