DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)
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Organisation profile
Computer simulations have revolutionised the sciences. Their impact left a mark in nearly every possible field of study – from microbiology, to climate research, and even astrophysics.
What new kinds of knowledge arise through computer simulations? How do they change our understanding of the sciences?
At the Institute of Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation (MECS), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), we set out to find answers to these broad questions. We seek to accomplish this in diverse ways: by analysing historical and contemporary case studies , by building an interdisciplinary network of international fellows , and by organising trans-disciplinary lectures, workshops, and conferences .
In an age of computer simulations, MECS is one of the few institutions worldwide specifically focused on understanding their wide-ranging impacts.
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Absorbing the gaze, scattering looks: Klimt’s distinctive style and its two-fold effect on the eye of the beholder
Miscenà, A., Arato, J. & Rosenberg, R., 06.10.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 13 p., 8.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Accounting for Information Infrastructure as Medium for Organisational Change
Boell, S. K. & Hoof, F., 02.01.2020, In: Accounting History Review. 30, 1, p. 45-68 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Active-matter-Systeme
Vehlken, S., 04.10.2016, +ultra: gestaltung schafft wissen. Doll, N., Bredekamp, H. & Schäffner, W. (eds.). Leipzig: Seemann Henschel, p. 165-170 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Ada Lovelace: die Pionierin der Computertechnik und ihre Nachfolgerinnen
Krämer, S. (ed.), 2015, 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 221 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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After Affects: Zealous Zombies, Panic Prevention, Crowd Simulation
Vehlken, S., 01.10.2014, Timing of Affect: epistemologies, aesthetics, politics. Angerer, M-L., Bösel, B. & Ott, M. (eds.). Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 303-320 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Agentenspiele. Crowd Management, Sozialsimulation und Big Data
Vehlken, S. & Pias, C., 01.02.2014, Managementperspektiven für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts: Management als Liberal Art. von Müller, C. & Zinth, C-P. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 167-182 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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A geology of media
Parikka, J., 01.01.2015, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 224 p. (Electronic mediations; vol. 46)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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America's army and the military recruitment and management of 'talent': An interview with Colonel Casey Wardynski
Allen, R., 01.06.2014, In: Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds. 6, 2, p. 179-191 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Angels of Efficiency: A Media History of Consulting
Hoof, F., 28.05.2020, New York: Oxford University Press. 392 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Animating embryos: the in toto representation of life
Wellmann, J., 01.09.2017, In: British Journal for the History of Science. 50, 3, p. 521-535 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Ankunft einer Katze: Geschichte und Theorie der ersten Computersimulation eines Lebewesens
Konstantinow, N. N., Velminski, W. (ed.) & Warnke, M. (ed.), 25.02.2019, 1 ed. Berlin: ciconia ciconia Verlag. 143 p. (ciconia ciconia; vol. 23)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Archivreisen. Teil I: Zuhause im Archiv
Zindel, H. & Zetti, D., 2021, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 13, 2, p. 152-158 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing the added value of the recent declaration on unregulated fishing for sustainable governance of the central Arctic Ocean
Shephard, G. E., Dalen, K., Aparício, S., Beumer, L., Birkeland, R., Gkikas, N., Kourantidou, M., Ktenas, P., Linde, P. W., Marazzi, F., Pincinato, R. B. M., Radianti, J., Schartmüller, B., Stübner, E. I., Varnajot, A., Vullierme, M., Zhilina, I. & Peldszus, R., 01.04.2016, In: Marine Policy. 66, p. 50-57 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ästhetik des Digitalen: Das Digitale und die Berechenbarkeit
Warnke, M., 2014, In: Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft . 59, 2, p. 278-286 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Atomic Animals: Tiere als Medien nuklearer Forschung
Vehlken, S., 26.10.2020, In: Tierstudien. 18, p. 45-56 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Automaten: Können Maschinen denken?
Warnke, M., 2015, Das Lexikon der offenen Fragen. Kaube, J. & Laakmann, J. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 30-31 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Ballonflüge: Medientechniken der Atmosphäre
Zindel, H., 12.2020, JARDIN GLOCAL: Medienökologische Suchbewegung . Fetzner, D. (ed.). Offenburg: Hochschule Offenburg, p. 20–21 2 p. (Schriftenreihe der Hochschule Offenburg; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Transfer
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Ballon, Luftschiff, Flugzeug
Zindel, H., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Handbuch Literatur und Reise. Bay, H-J., Beck, L., Hamann, C. & Osthues, J. (eds.). J.B. MetzlerResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Ballons: Medien und Techniken früher Luftfahrten
Zindel, H., 2020, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 191 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Ballooning: Aeronautical Techniques from Montgolfier to Google
Zindel, H., 24.08.2020, Cultural Techniques: Assembling Spaces, Texts and Collectives. Dünne, J., Fehringer, K., Kuhn, K. & Struck, W. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 107–127 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Belagerung von Paris: 69 Freiballons, 381 Tauben und fast 11 Tonnen Post
Zindel, H., 2018, Medien – Krieg – Raum. Nowak, L. (ed.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 141–160 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Between Recognition and Abstraction: Early Vocational Training Films
Hoof, F., 22.03.2018, The Image in Early Cinema: Form and Material. Curtis, S., Gunning, T., Gauthier, P. & Yumibe, J. (eds.). Indiana University Press, p. 111-119 9 p. (The Image in Early Cinema).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Between symmetry and asymmetry: spontaneous symmetry breaking as narrative knowing
Borrelli, A., 01.04.2021, In: Synthese. 198, 4, p. 3919-3948 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Between the Front Lines: Vocational Training Films, Machine Guns and the Great War
Hoof, F., 09.2018, Cinema's Military Industrial Complex. Wasson, H. & Grieveson, L. (eds.). Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 177-191 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Bewegte Spiele: Zur Verschiebung des Verhältnisses von Spiel und Alltagswelt durch mobile Games
Schrape, N. & Fuchs, M., 2013, In: Sprache und Literatur. 44, 1, p. 69-83 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bewegung an der Wand: Zur Aufführung von Organismen mit dem Sonnenmikroskop
Wellmann, J., 2018, Bildwelten des Wissen: Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik. Feiersinger, L. (ed.). Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 14. p. 10-20 11 p. ( Bildwelten des Wissens : Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik; vol. 14).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Big Data: Gibt es bald mehr Antworten als Fragen?
Vehlken, S., 07.09.2015, Lexikon der offenen Fragen. Kaube, J. & Laakmann, J. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 37-38 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Transfer
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Brain Drain: John C. Lillys Floating Tanks und die Technisierung von Wellness
Hauss, P. & Vehlken, S., 02.10.2016, Designing Thinking : Angewandte Imagination und Kreativität um 1960. Mareis, C. (ed.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 167-183 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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By Means of Which: Media, Technology, Organisation
Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C., 12.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 498-514 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Calendar
Hoof, F., 12.12.2019, Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 54-67 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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California Thinking. Die drei ??? als Medienphilosophen
Vehlken, S., 01.01.2019, 10 Minuten Philosophie. Christoph, J. & Kristin, D. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 155-165 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Clouds and Balloons: James Glaisher's Vertical Voyages
Zindel, H., 03.2020, Silver Linings: Clouds in Art and Science. Jørgensen, D. & Jørgensen, F. A. (eds.). Trondheim: Museumsforlaget, p. 27–37 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Collectives, Connectives, and the ‘Nonsense1 of Participation
Pias, C., 02.2016, ReClaiming participation: technology - mediation - collectivity . Denecke, M., Ganzert, A., Stock, R. & Otto, I. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 23-38 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Computerscreen und Tafelbild
Warnke, M., 2016, Let's mix (all media) together & Hans Dieter Huber . Paflik-Huber, H. (ed.). Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 293-298 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Computersimulation
Vehlken, S., Schrickel, I. & Pias, C., 2015, Futurologien: Ein Glossar des Zukunftswissens. Bühler, B. & Willer, S. (eds.). 1 ed. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 181-192 12 p. (TRAJEKTE - Eine Reihe des Zentrums für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Computer Simulations Then and Now: an Introduction and Historical Reassessment
Borrelli, A. & Wellmann, J., 01.12.2019, In: NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine. 27, 4, p. 407-417 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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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
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Contagious Agents: Epidemics, Networks, Computer Simulations
Vehlken, S., 16.01.2019, Imitation, Contagion, Suggestion: On Mimesis and Society. Borch, C. (ed.). 1 ed. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Correction to: Operative communication: project Cybersyn and the intersection of information design, interface design, and interaction design (AI & SOCIETY, (2022), 10.1007/s00146-021-01346-2)
Vehlken, S., 29.06.2022, In: AI & Society. 2022, 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Critique and the Digital
Hörl, E. (ed.), Pinkrah, N. Y. (ed.) & Warnsholdt, C. L. (ed.), 2021, Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag. 296 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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Culture, Technology, and Process in “Media Theories”: Toward a shift in the understanding of media in organizational research
Hoof, F. & Boell, S. K., 01.09.2019, In: Organization. 26, 5, p. 636-654 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cybernetics: The Macy Conferences 1946-1953. The Complete Transactions
Pias, C. (ed.), 03.2016, Zurich: Diaphanes Verlag. 736 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Dani Bunten Wants to Play: Eine biographische Notiz zur Genese des Computerspiels
Schrape, N., 2015, Texturen: Spielen. Haensch, K. D., Düllo, T. & Kuka, D. (eds.). Berlin: UdK Verlag, Vol. 2. p. 221-230 10 p. (Texturen; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Atom-Ei des Columbus: Kernkraft und Computersimulation im Zeitalter der Hypothetizität
Vehlken, S., 2014, Trial and Error: Szenarien medialen Handelns. Wolfsteiner, A. & Rautzenberg, M. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 149-172 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das Blut, das Ich und sein Schatten: Zu den Emblemen einer zirkulären Serialität in Dexter
Hagen, W., 03.2017, Bis auf Weiteres. Pinnwand und Serie. Engell, L., Maeder, D., Schröter, J. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 57-64 8 p. (Augen-Blick : Konstanzer Hefte zur Medienwissenschaft; vol. 68).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Interface der Selbstverborgenheit: Szenarien des Intuitiven in Mensch-Roboter Kollaborationen
Kasprowicz, D., 2018, Unterwachen und Schlafen: Anthropophile Medien nach dem Interface. Andreas, M., Kasprowicz, D. & Rieger, S. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 159-186 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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„Das scheint mir das Widersprüchliche in der Kybernetik zu sein: Im gleichen Atemzug mit einer De-Anthropologisierung wird ein neuer Humanismus gefeiert.“
Pias, C., 10.07.2017, Eine Genealogie des MedienDenkens: Siegfried Zielinski im Gespräch mit: Hans Belting, Knut Ebeling, Thomas Elsaesser, Wolfgang Ernst, VALIE EXPORT, Boris Groys, Sybille Krämer, Geert Lovink, Joachim Paech, Claus Pias, Hans Ulrich Reck, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Nils Röller, Otto Rössler, Florian Rötzer, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Henning Schmidgen, Peter Weibel und Hartmut Winkler.. Hadler, F. & Irrgang, D. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 491-520 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das Seufzen der Olimpia
Warnke, M., 2014, Interventionen: Festschrift für Georg Christoph Tholen. Haase, F. & Heilmann, T. A. (eds.). Marbug: Schüren Verlag, p. 323-331 8 p. (Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung; vol. 45).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Databases as citadels in the web 2.0
Warnke, M., 2013, Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and the Their Alternatives. Lovink, G. & Rasch, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, p. 76-89 13 p. (INC Reader; no. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research