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
- 2019
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Organizing Media: Security and Entertainment
Beyes, T., 10.2019, Organize. Beyes, T., Conrad, L. & Martin, R. (eds.). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, p. 29-62 34 p. (In Search of Media).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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The organizational powers of (digital) media
Beverungen, A., Beyes, T. & Conrad, L., 01.09.2019, In: Organization. 26, 5, p. 621-635 15 p., 867206.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Maschine auf der Couch. Oder: Was ist schon 'künstlich' an Künstlicher Intelligenz?
Apprich, C., 09.2019, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 11, 2, p. 20-28 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organization: The Critical Journal of Organization, Theory and Society
Beverungen, A. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Conrad, L. (ed.), 09.2019, London: SAGE Publications Inc. 127 p. (Organization; vol. 26, no. 5)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Für ein Bestiarium der Organisation - Kafkas Grenzwesen
Beyes, T. & Holt, R., 01.05.2019, Kafka: Organisation, Recht, Schrift. Ortmann, G. & Schuller, M. (eds.). Weilerswist: Velbrück-Verlag, p. 103-124 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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The media arcane
Beyes, T. & Pias, C., 01.05.2019, In: Grey Room. 75, Spring, p. 84-107 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Organization is a Repair Shop
Conrad, L., 05.2019, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 19, 2, p. 303-324 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Feminismus und Film
Horstmann, F. (ed.), Wentz, D. (ed.) & Waack, L. (ed.), 12.04.2019, Bremen: Institut für Kunstwissenschaft – Filmwissenschaft – Kunstpädagogik, Universität Bremen. (Nach dem Film; no. 17)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Paul Graupe (1881–1953). Ein Berliner Kunsthändler zwischen Republik, Nationalsozialismus und Exil, (2016) Patrick Golenia/ Kristina Kratz-Kessemeier/ Isabelle le Masne de Chermont (Hg.) Vorwort, Bénédicte Savoy, Böhlau Verlag
Severin, I. L., 13.03.2019, onlineResearch output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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Filmische Moderne: 60 Fragmente
Fahle, O. (ed.), Gotto, L. (ed.), Neitzel, B. (ed.), Nowak, L. (ed.), Wagner, H. (ed.), Wendler, A. (ed.) & Wentz, D. (ed.), 27.02.2019, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 462 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Stranger Things (2016)
Wentz, D., 27.02.2019, Filmische Moderne: 60 Fragmente. Fahle, O., Gotto, L., Neitzel, B., Nowak, L., Wagner, H., Wendler, A. & Wentz, D. (eds.). transcript Verlag, p. 439-444 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Stranger Things II (2017)
Wentz, D., 27.02.2019, Filmische Moderne: 60 Fragmente. Fahle, O., Gotto, L., Neitzel, B., Nowak, L., Wagner, H., Wendler, A. & Wentz, D. (eds.). transcript Verlag, p. 445-450 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Existential Graphs as Ontographic Media
Wentz, D., 2019, In: Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung. 10, 1, p. 177-189 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exposing the machinic present: Rimini Protokoll’s theatre of operations
Beyes, T., 2019, The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics. Eckersall, P. & Grehan, H. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 219-223 5 p. (Routledge theatre and performance companions).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Für ein Bestiarium der Organisation – Kafkas Grenzwesen
Beyes, T. & Holt, R. D., 2019, Kafka: Organisation, Recht und Schrift. Ortmann, G. & Schuller, M. (eds.). Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft, p. 103-124 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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How to protect the truth? Challenges of cybersecurity and whistleblowing: An Interview with the ‘digital bodyguard’ of the NSA Leaks Micah Lee
Heinrichs, R., 2019, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 2019, 3Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Markets
Beverungen, A., Mirowski, P., Nik-Khah, E. & Schröter, J., 2019, Minneapolis und Lüneburg: meson press. 116 p. (In Search of Media)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Pattern Discrimination
Apprich, C., Kyong Chun, W. H., Cramer, F. & Steyerl, H., 2019, Lüneburg: meson press. 124 p. (In Search of Media Book Series)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Uncanny matters: Kafka’s burrow, the unhomely and the study of organizational space
Beyes, T., 2019, In: Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization. 19, 1, p. 179-192 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2018
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Sich in Gemenge verwickeln
Conrad, L., 12.2018, Wild Thing: Unordentliche Prozesse in Design und Wissenschaft. Mareis, C. & Windgätter, C. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 103-125 23 p. (DesignWissen; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Zurück in die Zukunft: Digitale Heimarbeit
Wallis, M. & Altenried, M., 12.2018, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 33, 4, p. 24-26 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Das Wissen des Profils: Zur kriminalistischen und psychiatrischen Herkunft digitaler Selbstbeschreibung
Bernard, A., 11.2018, Das dokumentierte Ich: Wissen in Verhandlung. Hämmerling, C. & Zetti, D. (eds.). Zürich: Chronos, p. 113-126 14 p. (Interferenzen. Studien zur Kulturgeschichte der Technik; vol. 26).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das Diktat des Hashtags: Über ein Prinzip der aktuellen Debattenbildung
Bernard, A., 24.10.2018, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag. 96 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Der Kreativitätskomplex: Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft
Beyes, T. (ed.) & Metelmann, J. (ed.), 09.10.2018, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 278 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Introduction: The Creativity Complex
Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 9-18 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Organization
Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J., 09.10.2018, The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture. Beyes, T. & Mentelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 177-183 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die environmentalitäre Situation: Überlegungen zum Umweltlich-Werden von Denken, Macht und Kapital
Hörl, E., 09.2018, Internationales Jahrbuch für Medienphilosophie: Ökonomie / Ökologie. Mersch, D. & Mayer, M. (eds.). Berlin, München, Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 4. p. 221-250 29 p. (Internationales Jahrbuch für Medienphilosophie; vol. 4, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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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The Environmentalitarian Situation: Reflections on the Becoming-Environmental of Thinking, Power, and Capital
Hörl, E., 01.07.2018, In: Cultural Politics. 14, 2, p. 153-173 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Book Review: Giuliana Bruno "Surface: Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media" Chicago University Press, Chicago, 2014, 277 pages
Beyes, T., 06.2018, In: Organization Studies. 39, 5-6, p. 836-839 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Mischverhältnisse: Zur Beziehung von Medien- und Organisationstheorie
Conrad, L. & Beyes, T., 04.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 50-58 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Future Gaming: Creative Interventions in Video Game Culture
Ruffino, P., 23.03.2018, London: Goldsmiths Press. 154 p. (Future Media )Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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The Corrupt State of Artificial Intelligence: Clemens Apprich on Machine Learning and Bias
Apprich, C., 03.2018, In: Texte zur Kunst. 109, p. 136-141 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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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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Arbeit, Migration und Logistik: Vermittlungsinfrastrukturen nach dem Sommer der Migration
Altenried, M., Bojadžijev, M., Höfler, L., Mezzadra, S. & Wallis, M., 2018, In: movements. Journal for Critical Migration and Border Regime Studies . 4, 2, p. 35-55 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Bedeutung transdisziplinärer Kooperationen an Hochschulen
Japsen, A., Wuppermann, M. & Riedel, M. S., 2018, Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Henkel, A., Hobuß, S., Jamme, C. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1. ed. Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag, p. 138-141 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Die nächste Wirtschaftsuniversität
Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J., 2018, Welzers Welt. Störungen im Betriebsablauf. Giesecke, D., Soeffner, H-G. & Wiegandt, K. (eds.). 1 ed. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch-Verlag, p. 151-156 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Digitale Kulturen
Bernard, A., Beyes, T. & Pias, C., 2018, Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Henkel, A., Hobuß, S., Jamme, C. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag, p. 167-170 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Einleitung: Im Kreativitätskomplex
Beyes, T., 2018, Der Kreativitätskomplex: Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 9-18 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Research
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Geheimnistheater
Beyes, T., 2018, Rimini Protokoll: Staat 1-4. Phänomene der Postdemokratie. Schipper, I. (ed.). Berlin: Theater der Zeit, p. 59-67 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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General Ecology
Hörl, E. H., 2018, Posthuman Glossary. Braidotti, R. & Hlavajova, M. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 172-175 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kuratieren
Beyes, T., 2018, Der Kreativitätskomplex: Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. Beyes, T. & Metelmann, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 173-178 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Lost in Media
Beil, B. (ed.), Schwaab, H. (ed.) & Wentz, D. (ed.), 2018, LIT Verlag. 192 p. (Medien'Welten. Braunschweiger Schriften zur Medienkultur; vol. 19)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Non Knowledge and Digital Cultures
Bernard, A. (ed.), Leeker, M. (ed.) & Matthias, K. (ed.), 2018, Lüneburg: meson press. 160 p. (Digital Cultures Series )Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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On Knowing Too Much: Technologists´Discourses Around Online Anonymity
Bialski, P., 2018, Non-Knowledge and Digital Cultures . Bernard, A., Koch, M. & Leeker, M. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 143-157 15 p. (Digital Culture Series ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review