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.
- 2004
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Tausch, Technik, Krieg: Zur Diskursanalyse der Medien und des Sozialen
Spreen, D., 2004, Landschaft, Geschlecht, Artefakte: Zur Soziologie naturaler und artifizieller Alteritäten.. Eßbach, W., Kaufmann, S., Verdicchio, D., Lutterer, W., Bellanger, S. & Uerz, G. (eds.). Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, p. 49-59 10 p. (Identitäten und Alteritäten; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Technik – Magie – Medium: Geister, die erscheinen
Kümmel, A. (Editor) & Spreen, D. (Editor), 2004, Berlin: Ästhetik & Kommunikation e.V. 128 p. (Ästhetik & Kommunikation; vol. 35, no. 127)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Zuhause in der Mediengesellschaft: Medien und Kommunikationstechnologien im häuslichen Alltag
Röser, J., 2004, Wissensgesellschaft: neue Medien und ihre Konsequenzen. Kübler, H.-D. & Elling, E. (eds.). Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische BildungResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2003
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Medien und der 11. September: vom "Kulturbruchszenario" in einer Medienkultur
Thomas, T., 01.01.2003, Kulturwissenschaft als Kommunikationswissenschaft: Projekte, Probleme und Perspektiven. Karmasin, M. & Winter, C. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 107-126 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Banaler Militarismus
Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2003, In: Ossietzky. 6, 20, p. 690-691 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Bilder und Worte
Warnke, M., 2003, Suchbilder: Visuelle Kultur zwischen Algorithmen und Archiven. Ernst, W., Heidenreich, S. & Holl, U. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 57-60 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Böses auf Erden? Versuch über den Diskurs der Gewalt
Spreen, D., 2003, In: Plurale : Zeitschrift für Denkversionen. 3, p. 231-241 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Daten und Metadaten: Online-Ressourcen für die Bildwissenschaft
Warnke, M., 2003, In: Zeitenblicke. 2, 1, 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Der Raum des Cyberspace
Warnke, M., 2003, Räume riskieren: Reflexion, Gestaltung und Theorie in evangelischer Perspektive. Brandi-Hinrichs, F., Reitz-Dinse, A. & Grünberg, W. (eds.). Schenefeld: EB-Verlag, p. 271-294 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research