Centre for Digital Cultures
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC) unites a large range of research and development activities dedicated to the digital shift. It engages in knowledge creation and transfer, experimental and interventionist media practices, and research in disciplines such as media, social and cultural studies. The CDC aims to both understand the epochal digital shift through excellent research, and to become one of the major European forces that shape digital cultures to come.
The CDC has seen a remarkable uptake of successful funding bids. The major projects are funded by the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRE) and the State of Lower Saxony, by the German Research Council (DFG) and the VW Foundation respectively. Additional smaller projects are supported by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Transmediale, and the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). The CDC has by now more than 80 researchers and cultural producers from all over the world. They work on questions such as:
- Transmedia: How can we understand and develop new formats for entertainment as well as culture and education, merging different forms of production, participation, distribution and aesthetics?
- User and Audience Research: What kind of methods enable us to understand new usage and consumption patterns, addressing digital cultures’ both global and local audiences?
- Gamification: Computer games have a growing relevance in contemporary life, not only due to the games themselves, but also through their metaphors and methods. What new opportunities arise?
- Common Media: Which new forms of citizenship and cultural/political engagement are developing in the digital age, and how can we understand, enact and strengthen them?
- Net based Public Broadcast: How can publicly funded provision of information, education, culture and entertainment adapt to the internet? How can new versions of basic provision be realized?
- Hybrid Publishing: Which avenues for the communication and dissemination of knowledge beyond classrooms and research articles can be constructed, adapting the cultural and economic logic of the digital age?
- Computer Simulation: From climate change to mass panics: Knowledge production based on computer simulation is shaping our worldview. How can we analyse and understand its effects?
Research and development at the CDC traverse boundaries between the academic sector, culture and the arts, industry, governmental bodies and civil society. It is a conducive, productive and experimental research environment, in which researchers and entrepreneurs, activists and artists, producers and hackers, thinkers and doers broker dynamic connections. Visions, blueprints and experimental findings get exposed to real-world conditions. The development of innovative teaching formats is a further crucial part of the mix: Leuphana Digital School is bringing knowledge and education online, and a new English-speaking Bachelor in Digital Media started in autumn 2013, developed in cooperation with Leuphana’s Institute for the Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media, Hamburg Media School and Hongkong City University. The result is a new, open and engaged form of research and development for Europe’s digital cultures.
Topics
- Transmedia
- User and Audience Research
- Gamification
- Common Media
- Net based Public Broadcast
- Hybrid Publishing
- Computer Simulation
- Artistic Research
- New Teaching Formats
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The Truth Games of Radical Net Cultures
Apprich, C., 2013, Idea of Radical Media: Ideja radikalnih medija. Medak, T. & Milat, P. (eds.). Multimedijalni institut, p. 15-39 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Provocative Alloys: A Post-Media Anthology
Apprich, C. (ed.), Berry Slater, J. (ed.), Iles, A. (ed.) & Schultz, O. L. (ed.), 2013, London: Mute Books. 160 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Arttvism: Quando l'arte diventa consapevole ; intervista di Tatiana Bazzichelli
Bazzichelli, T., 2007, Artivismo Tecnologico: Scritti e interviste su arte, politica, teatro e tecnologie. Verde, G. (ed.). Pisa: BFS, p. 56-58 3 p. (Biblioteca universale Utopie; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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McLuhan neu lesen: Kritische Analysen zu Medien und Kultur im 21. Jahrhundert
de Kerckhove, D. (ed.), Leeker, M. (ed.) & Schmidt, K. (ed.), 2008, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 508 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Tanz – Kommunikation – Praxis
Klinge, A. (ed.) & Leeker, M. (ed.), 2003, Münster: LIT Verlag. 212 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Tanz und Technologie: Auf dem Wege zu digitalen Inszenierungen
Dinkla, S. (ed.) & Leeker, M., 2002, Berlin: Alexander Verlag. 435 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Maschinen, Medien, Performances. Theater an der Schnittstelle zu digitalen Welten
Leeker, M. (ed.), 2001, Berlin: Alexander Verlag. 774 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Mime, Mimesis und Technologie
Leeker, M., 1995, München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 348 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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EWMN: Towards a Cooperation of Self-organized Actors in Digital Cultures
Leeker, M., 2012, Sharon Lockhart / Noa Eshkol. Barron, S. & Salvesen, B. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 97-102 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Zur Einleitung: Die Macht der Gefühle
Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J., 2012, Die Macht der Gefühle: Emotionen in Management, Organisation und Kultur. Metelmann, J. & Beyes, T. (eds.). Berlin: Berlin University Press, p. 7-22 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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The Silent Revolution: How Digitalization Transforms Knowledge, Work, Journalism, and Politics Without Making too Much Noise
Bunz, M., 2013, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 134 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Disrupting Business: Art and Activism in times of financial crisis
Cox, G. (ed.) & Bazzichelli, T. (ed.), 2013, New York City: Autonomedia. 256 p. (DATA browser)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Spielregeln. 25 Aufstellungen. Eine Festschrift für Wolfgang Pircher
Berz, P. (ed.), Pias, C. (ed.), Kubaczek, M. (ed.), Unterholzner, D. (ed.) & Laquièze-Waniek, E. (ed.), 2012, Berlin und Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 368 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Re/working Affect - Queer Feminist Engagements: A workshop report
Freudenschuß, M., Bargetz, B., Gammerl, B., Kleres, J. & Woltersdorff, V., 2013, In: Bulletin Info - Zentrum für Transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien. 24, 47, p. 46-50 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Prekäre Subjekte - Prekäre Kritik
Freudenschuß, M., 2013, Krise, Kritik, Allianzen: Arbeits- und geschlechtersoziologische Perspektiven. Nickel, H. M. & Heilmann, A. (eds.). Weinheim/Basel: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 118-134 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Whose Change is it, Anyway? Towards a future of digital technologies and citizen action in emerging information societies
Shah, N., 2013, The Hague: Hivos, 40 p. (Hivos Knowledge Programm).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Networked Disruption: Rethinking Oppositions in Art, Hacktivism and the Business of Social Networking
Bazzichelli, T., 2013, Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. 261 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Repositionierungen: Von Machtverschiebungen im Kapitalismus und Feminismus
Bunz, M., 2013, In: Femina Politica. 21, 2, p. 161-162 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Kritische Öffentlichkeit und ihre Herstellung
Bunz, M., 2013, In: Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung. 4, 2, p. 63-70 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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The Power of Information: A Journey Back in Time to the Faultlines of Globalization, Art, and Media in the Early 1990s
Bunz, M., 2013, The whole earth: California and the disappearance of the outside. Diederichsen, D. & Franke, A. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 172-176 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Der Schwerkraft entkommen: Letatlin und andere utopische Flugapparate in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts – fünf Marginalien
Broeckmann, A., 2012, Tatlin – neue Kunst für eine neue Welt: Internationales Symposium. M. T. (ed.). Ostfildern, Basel: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 84-87 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Charity and finance in the university
Beverungen, A., Hoedemaekers, C. & Veldman, J., 01.02.2014, In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 25, 1, p. 58-66 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The communism of capital?
Beverungen, A., Murtola, A-M. & Schwartz, G., 25.08.2013, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 13, 3, p. 483-495 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Citizen Action in the Time of the Network
Shah, N., 05.2013, In: Development and Change. 44, 3, p. 665-681 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gamification - die Ausweitung der Spielzone
Fuchs, M., 2013, In: DU - das Kulturmagazin. 839, 9, p. 82 - 87 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Explorations in social spaces: Gender, age, class fractions and photographical choices of objects
Wuggenig, U. & Mnich, P., 10.04.2006, Visual research methods: SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods. Hamilton, P. (ed.). London: SAGE Publications Inc., Vol. IV. p. 339-364 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Für das Politische in der politischen Ökonomie: Einleitung
Freudenschuß, M. & Scheele, A., 2013, In: Femina Politica. 1, p. 9-20 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Macht der Verletzbarkeiten
Freudenschuß, M., 2013, In: Südlink. 164, p. 20-21 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Precarity, Vulnerability and the Commons: Feminist Reflections on the Politics of Commons
Freudenschuß, M., 2013, Democracy in Crisis: The Dynamics of Civil Protest and Civil Resistance: Peace Report 2012. Preiss, B. & Brunner, C. (eds.). Wien & Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 135-152 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Prekär ist wer? Der Prekarisierungsdiskurs als Arena sozialer Kämpfe
Freudenschuß, M., 2013, Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot. 333 p. (Arbeit - Demokratie - Geschlecht; no. 18)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Kunsthochschulen, Universitäten und der Bologna-Prozess
Wuggenig, U., 08.04.2008, Hamburg : Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kritik e.V. .Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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Theater – Raum – Medien: Optionen für einen reflexiven Umgang mit Medienkulturen
Leeker, M., 2013, Vom Straßenkind zum Medienkind: Raum- und Medienforschung im 21. Jahrhundert. Westphal, K. & Jörissen, B. (eds.). 1 ed. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 87-106 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Portraits von Underdogs. Bd. II: Protokolle der Intensiv- und Elterninterviews und der Fotobefragungen
Wuggenig, U., 1985, Hannover: Forschungsstelle Arbeit, Beruf, Bildung der Universität Hannover, 219 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Neo-orthodoxe und soziokulturelle Sozialökologie: Ein Beitrag zur Integrationsdebatte: Teil I: Inter- und intraparadigmatische Spaltungen und die Notwendigkeit von Brücken
Wuggenig, U., 1985, In: Angewandte Sozialforschung. 13, 2/3, p. 235-258 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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A Dying Theory? A Critical Assessment of Some Aspects of Status Inconsistency Research 1950-1983
Wuggenig, U., 1986, Status inconsistency in modern societies. Proceedings of a Conference on "New Differentiations of Status Structures? On the Viability of the Concept of Status Inconsistency in Contemporary Society. Strasser, H. & Hodge, R. W. (eds.). Duisburg: Verlag der Sozialwissenschaftlichen Kooperative, p. 24-37 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Soziale Ungleichheit und legitime Kultur
Wuggenig, U., 1988, Kulturarbeit und Kulturpädagogik: Grundlagen, Praxisfelder, Ausbildung. Müller-Rolli, S. (ed.). München: Juventa Verlag, p. 33-64 32 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Amerikabild der Deutschen: Außenansichten I
Wuggenig, U., 1989, Aspekte amerikanischer Kultur. Beneke, J., Jarman, F. & Whybra, D. (eds.). Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag AG, p. 17-44 28 p. ( Hildesheimer Beiträge zu den Erziehungs- und Sozialwissenschaften. Studien, Texte, Entwürfe; vol. 31).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bildungskapital und berufliche Position: Streß und Intrapunitivität als Reaktionen auf Beschäftigungsprobleme
Engel, U. & Wuggenig, U., 1990, Empirischer Theorienvergleich: Erklärungen sozialen Verhaltens in Problemsituationen. Opp, K. D. & Wippler, R. (eds.). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 147-190 44 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Eine strukturelle Version der Theorie der Statusinkonsistenz
Wuggenig, U., 1990, Empirischer Theorienvergleich: Erklärungen sozialen Verhaltens in Problemsituationen. Opp, K. D. & Wippler, R. (eds.). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, p. 37-70 34 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Statistische Auswertungsverfahren nominalskalierter Daten
Wuggenig, U. & Engel, U., 1991, Handbuch Qualitative Sozialforschung. Grundlagen, Konzepte, Methoden und Anwendungen. Flick, U., von Kardorff, E., Keupp, H., von Rosenstiel, L. & Wollf, S. (eds.). München: Psychologie Verlagsunion, p. 237-243 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Arbeitslosigkeit und Spaltungsprozesse in der Gesellschaft der BRD
Wuggenig, U. & Engel, U., 1991, Bewältigung von Arbeitslosigkeit im sozialen Kontext: Programme, Initiativen, Evaluationen. Kieselbach, T. & Wacker, A. (eds.). Weinheim: Deutscher Studien Verlag, p. 65-87 23 p. (Psychologie sozialer Ungleichhei; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Soziologie des Publikums / Sociology of the Audience
Wuggenig, U. & Kockot, V., 1993, Das Bild der Ausstellung: The Image of the Exhibition. Brüderlin, M. (ed.). Wien: Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst Wien, p. 82-90 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Öffentlichkeit und öffentliche Meinung: Die soziologische Perspektive
Wuggenig, U., 1993, Konzepte von Öffentlichkeit: 3. Lüneburger Kolloquium zur Medienwissenschaft. Faulstich, W. (ed.). Bardowick: Wissenschaftler-Verlag, p. 16-29 14 p. (IfAM-Arbeitsberichte; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kinder in der Jugendhilfe
Wuggenig, U., 1993, Handbuch der Kindheitsforschung. Markefka, M. & Nauck, B. (eds.). Neuwied / Berlin: Luchterhand Verlag, p. 525-535 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Was ist Kunst? Antworten aus soziologischer Perspektive
Wuggenig, U., 1994, Was ist Kunst?. Fein, M. & Freis, M. (eds.). Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, p. 5-13 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Explorations in Social Spaces: Gender, Age, Class Fractions and Photographical Choices of Objects
Wuggenig, U. & Mnich, P., 1994, Correspondence Analysis in the Social Sciences : Recent Developments and Applications. Blasius, J. & Greenacre, M. (eds.). London / San Diego / New York: Academic Press Inc., p. 302-324 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Soziale Strukturierungen der photographischen Repräsentationen der häuslichen Objektwelt. Ergebnisse einer Photobefragung
Wuggenig, U., 1994, Das symbolische Kapital der Lebensstile. Zur Kultursoziologie der Moderne nach Pierre Bourdieu. Mörth, I. & Fröhlich, G. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, p. 207-228 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Vergangenheit in der Gegenwart. Nationalismus, (Neo)Rassismus und Heterophobie im ästhetischen Feld.
Wuggenig, U., 1994, In: Vor der Information. 19, 1, p. 58-87 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Stil und Wert: Wertorientierungen in den Kunstwelten von Hamburg und Wien
Tarnai, C. & Wuggenig, U., 1995, In: Angewandte Sozialforschung. 19, 1, p. 51-75 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Rivalität, Konflikt und Freiheit: Ein Vergleich von Pierre Bourdieus Feldtheorie und Arthur C. Dantos Philosophie (der Geschichte) der Kunst
Wuggenig, U., 1995, In: Texte zur Kunst. 5, 20, p. 87-107 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research