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.
- 2019
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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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Der Körper auf Tauchstation: zu einer Wissensgeschichte der Immersion
Kasprowicz, D., 01.01.2019, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 401 p. („Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung“ NEUE FOLGE; vol. 19)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- 2018
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Gluing life together. Computer simulation in the life sciences: An Introduction
Wellmann, J., 01.12.2018, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 40, 4, 10 p., 70.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die Quadratur des Bermudadreiecks
Müggenburg, J. K. & Vehlken, S., 12.2018, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 41, 4, p. 403-408 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Virtuelle Städte
Vehlken, S., 15.11.2018, Handbuch Virtualität. Rieger, S. & Kasprowicz, D. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Faktizitäten: Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt
Vehlken, S. & Schauerte, E., 10.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 19, 2, p. 10-20 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Model and Movement: Studying Cell Movement in Early Morphogenesis, 1900 to the Present.
Wellmann, J., 11.09.2018, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 40, 3, p. 59-84 25 p., 59.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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Visions of Process—Swarm Intelligence and Swarm Robotics in Architectural Design and Construction
Vehlken, S., 30.08.2018, Robotic Building. Bier, H. (ed.). Springer, p. 1-23 24 p. (Adaptive Environments; vol. 1, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Pervasive Intelligence: The Tempo-Spatiality of Drone Swarms
Vehlken, S., 22.08.2018, In: Digital Culture & Society. 4, 1, p. 107-132 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Secret Agents: A Psychoanalytic Critique of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Apprich, C., 27.07.2018, In: Digital Culture & Society. 4, 1, p. 29-44 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wissenschaftsgeschichte zwischen Digitalität und Digitalisierung
Borrelli, A., 27.06.2018, In: Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften - ZfdG. Sonderband 3, 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Der Rest ist Papier: Mediale Infrastrukturen der Finanzmärkte
Ambroschütz, J., Dommann, M. & Hoof, F., 12.04.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 87-96 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sonderheft Medienökonomien, Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, Vol 18, Nr. 1
Hoof, F. (ed.), Dommann, M. (ed.) & Hediger, V. (ed.), 04.2018, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 210 p. (Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft; vol. 18, no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › 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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Medienökonomien. Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt
Dommann, M., Hediger, V. & Hoof, F., 01.03.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 8-17 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Perverse Bienen: Artificial Life und der Apfel der Erkenntnis
Schmickl, T., Müggenburg, J. K. & Warnke, M., 01.03.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 98-110 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Subversive Gamification
Fuchs, M., 27.02.2018, Playful Subversion of Technoculture. Cermak-Sassenrath, D. (ed.). Singapore: Springer, p. 198 - 208 11 p. (Gaming Media and Social Effects).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Vom Wahn- und Wahrsprechen des technologisch Unbewussten
Apprich, C., 01.01.2018, In: Le Foucaldien. 4, 1, 20 p., 7.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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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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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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Faktizitäten: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft 19 (10/2, 2018)
Vehlken, S. (ed.) & Schauerte, E. (ed.), 2018, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 100 p. (Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft; vol. 10, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Film, oberflächlich simuliert
Warnke, M., 2018, Oberflächen und Interfaces: Ästhetik und Politik filmischer Bilder . Holl, U., Kaldrack, I., Miksch, C., Stutz, E. & Welinder, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Paderborn : Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 55-59 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Finding the Boomers: Der Anti-U-Boot-Krieg und die Operationalisierung der Ozeane im Kalten Krieg
Vehlken, S., 2018, Medien – Krieg – Raum. Nowak, L. (ed.). 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 357-376 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Unterwachen und Schlafen: Anthropophile Medien nach dem Interface
Andreas, M. (ed.), Kasprowicz, D. (ed.) & Rieger, S. (ed.), 2018, Lüneburg: meson press. 190 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Unterwachen und Schlafen: Einleitung
Andreas, M., Kasprowicz, D. & Rieger, S., 2018, Unterwachen und Schlafen: Anthropophile Medien nach dem Interface. Andreas, M., Kasprowicz, D. & Rieger, S. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 7-31 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Werkzeug Windkanal: Simulationen in der Stadtklimaforschung
Zindel, H., 2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 19, 2, p. 54–67 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2017
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Swarm Robotics, or: The Smartness of 'a bunch of cheap dumb things'
Vehlken, S., 24.12.2017, In: Spool. 4, 1, 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Witless slaves or lively artifacts? A debate of the 1960s
Müggenburg, J. K. & Pias, C., 08.11.2017, In: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 21, 1, p. 33–44 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The uses of isospin in early nuclear and particle physics
Borrelli, A., 11.2017, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 60, p. 81-94 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Daten, Wahn, Sinn
Apprich, C., 05.10.2017, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 9, 17-2, p. 54-62 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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„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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Dealing with Climate Change: A Conversation with Paul N. Edwards and Oliver Geden
Schrickel, I. & Engemann, C., 12.06.2017, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 40, 2, p. 175-185 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Trading Zones of Climate Change: Introduction
Schrickel, I. & Engemann, C., 12.06.2017, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 40, 2, p. 111-119 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Rezension zu Thomas Haigh, Mark Priestley, Crispin Rope, ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer, (History of Computing) Cambridge/London: MIT Press 2016. 341 S., ISBN 978‐0‐2620‐3398‐5.
Vehlken, S., 03.03.2017, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 40, 1, p. 98-100 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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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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The Form of Becoming: Embryology and the Epistemology of Rhythm, 1760-1830
Wellmann, J., 03.2017, New York: Zone Books. 423 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Super-GAU und Computersimulation: Technisches Nichtwissen in der zivilen Nuklearforschung
Vehlken, S., 03.01.2017, Technisches Nichtwissen. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 85-122 38 p. (Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie; vol. 2017).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Interferences and Events: On Epistemic Shifts in Physics through Computer Simulations
Dippel, A. (ed.) & Warnke, M. (ed.), 2017, Lüneburg: meson press. 182 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Introduction
Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment. Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Springer Nature AG, p. 1-10 10 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Krassheiten: Das Ende der Massen und ihrer Medien
Warnke, M., 2017, In: Treffpunkte. 2017, 3, p. 13 – 16 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Listening to the Body Moving: Auscultation, Sound, and Music around 1800
Wellmann, J., 2017, In: Journal of Sonic Studies. 13Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Media and Migration: Editorial
Apprich, C., Beverungen, A., Freudenschuß, M., Hille, L., Simons, S., Wiedemann, C., Heinrichs, R. & Yoosuf, H., 2017, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 4, 2, 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Optical Diagrams as “Paper Tools”: Della Porta’s Analysis of Biconvex Lenses from De refractione to De telescopio
Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615). Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature AG, p. 57-96 40 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Paranoia
Apprich, C., 2017, Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 78-86 9 p. (Duisburger Dialoge).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Plastilin und Kreisel, Pinsel und Projektor: Julius Ries und die Materialität der seriellen Anschauung
Wellmann, J., 2017, Serie und Serialität: Konzepte und Analysen in Gestaltung und Wissenschaft. Scholtz, G. (ed.). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, p. 77-93 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Problems in Mathematizing Systems Biology
Gramelsberger, G., 2017, Philosophy of Systems Biology: Perspectives from Scientists and Philosophers. Green, S. (ed.). Copenhagen: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 99 - 107 9 p. (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences; vol. 20).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review