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. 2004
  2. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    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 anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  4. Published

    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 Bildung

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

  5. 2003
  6. Published

    Gewalt

    Röser, J., 01.01.2003, Handbuch populäre Kultur: Begriffe, Theorien und Diskussionen. Hügel, H.-O. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 215-219 5 p.

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

  7. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Banaler Militarismus

    Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2003, In: Ossietzky. 6, 20, p. 690-691 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  11. Published

    Daten und Metadaten: Online-Ressourcen für die Bildwissenschaft

    Warnke, M., 2003, In: Zeitenblicke. 2, 1, 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  12. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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