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. 2003
  2. Published

    Deutsch-Stunden: zur Konstruktion nationaler Identität im Fernsehtalk

    Thomas, T., 2003, Frankfurt, Main: Campus Verlag. 438 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  3. Published

    Die heile Welt und das Böse von außen: zur Inszenierung von Authentizität in Aktenzeichen XY ... ungelöst

    Pinseler, J., 2003, Authentizität und Inszenierung von Bilderwelten. Knieper, T. & Müller, M. G. (eds.). Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, p. 42-55 14 p.

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

  4. Published

    Die Schönheit des Sozialen: Krieg, Medien und Gesellschaft zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts

    Spreen, D., 2003, Entstaatlichung und Soziale Sicherheit: Verhandlungen des 31. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Leipzig 2002. Allmendinger, J. (ed.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, Vol. 2. p. 753-769 16 p.

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

  5. Published

    Embedding

    Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2003, In: Ossietzky. 6, 16, p. 546-548 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Fragmentierung der Familie durch Medientechnologien? häusliches Medienhandeln der Generationen und Geschlechter

    Röser, J., 2003, In: Medienheft. 19, p. 28-38 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Heldenkino

    Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2003, In: Ossietzky. 6, 18, p. 632-634 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Kleine Massenmedien: Zum Verhältnis von produktiver Rezeption und massenkultureller Vergesellschaftung am Beispiel der Perry-Rhodan-Heftserie

    Spreen, D., 2003, Spurensuche im All. Bollhöfener, K., Farin, K. & Spreen, D. (eds.). Berlin: Archiv der Jugendkulturen Verlag , p. 86-106 21 p. (Perry Rhodan Studies).

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

  9. Published

    Krieg zum Mitspielen

    Thomas, T. & Virchow, F., 2003, In: Ossietzky. 6, 19, p. 655-657 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Medienidentitäten: eine Hinführung zu den Diskussionen

    Hepp, A., Thomas, T. & Winter, C., 2003, Medienidentitäten: Identität im Kontext von Globalisierung und Medienkultur. Winter, C., Thomas, T. & Hepp, A. (eds.). Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, p. 7-26 20 p.

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

  11. Published

    Medienidentitäten: Identität im Kontext von Globalisierung und Medienkultur

    Winter, C. & Thomas, T. (Editor), 2003, Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag. 400 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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