DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)

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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.

  1. 2014
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    Soziale Medien: Neue Massen

    Baxmann, I. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Pias, C. (ed.), 01.09.2014, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 368 p. (Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Gaia's Game

    Schrape, N., 09.2014, In: Communication +1. 3, 24 p., 5.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Plutonium Worlds: Fast Breeders, Systems Analysis and Computer Simulation in the Age of Hypotheticality

    Vehlken, S., 25.08.2014, In: Communication +1. 3, 1, 23 p., 7.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Gamification and Governmentality

    Schrape, N., 23.06.2014, Rethinking Gamification. Mathias, F., Fizek, S., Ruffino, P. & Schrape, N. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 21-46 26 p.

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

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    Rethinking Gamification

    Fuchs, M. (ed.), Fizek, S. (ed.), Ruffino, P. (ed.) & Schrape, N. (ed.), 16.06.2014, Lüneburg: meson press. 344 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Images of Feasibility: On the Viscourse of Climate Engineering

    Schrickel, I., 04.2014, Image Politics of Climate Change: Visualizations, Imaginations, Documentations. Schneider, B. & Nocke, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 363-382 20 p.

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

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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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Datenbanken als Zitadellen des Web 2.0

    Warnke, M., 2014, Soziale Medien – Neue Massen: Medienwissenschaftlichen Symposium der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 135-149 15 p.

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

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    Digitalfotografie und Entropie

    Hagen, W., 2014, Bild: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch. Günzel, S. & Mersch, D. (eds.). 1 ed. Weimar: J.B. Metzler, p. 267-272 6 p.

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

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    Ereignis

    Engemann, C., Traue, B. & Scholz, R., 2014, DiskursNetz: Wörterbuch der interdisziplinäre Diskursforschung. Wrana, D., Ziem, A., Reisigl, M., Nonhoff, M. & Angermüller, J. (eds.). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag, p. 134 1 p. (Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft; vol. 2097).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Fluide Säcke: Raumanzüge als Operationalisierungstechniken des Körpers

    Kasprowicz, D., 2014, Haut und Hülle: Umschlag und Verpackung; Techniken des Umschließens und Verkleidens. Seiderer, U. & Fisch, M. (eds.). Berlin: Rotbuch Verlag, p. 257-272 14 p.

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

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    Genealogie

    Engemann, C. & Traue, B., 2014, DiskursNetz : Wörterbuch für interdisziplinäre Diskursforschung. Wrana, D., Ziem, A., Reisigl, M., Nonhoff, M. & Angermüller, J. (eds.). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag, p. 161-162 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  19. Published

    ‘Lichtschwert.’

    Engemann, C., 2014, Wörterbuch Kinematografischer Objekte.. Böttcher, M., Göttel, D., Horstmann, F., Müller, J-P., Panthenburg, V., Waack, L. & Wuzella, R. (eds.). August Verlag, p. 90–91 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  20. Published

    Média(technika)történeti episztemológia

    Vehlken, S., 2014, In: Partitura. 9, 1, p. 37-42 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Postmoderne Medientheorien

    Vehlken, S., 2014, Handbuch Medienwissenschaft. Schröter, J. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 115-124 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch