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
- Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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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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Performativierung des Raums: Wissens- und technikgeschichtliche Aspekte zeitgenössischer Bühnenräume
Leeker, M., 2014, Bühne: Raumbildender Prozesse im Theater. Eke, N., Haß, U. & Kaldrack, I. (eds.). 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 149-170 22 p. (Automatismen).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Performativität in digitalen Environments
Leeker, M., 1999, Schreiben auf Wasser: Performative Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft und Bildung. Seitz, H. & K. G. E. V. . B. (eds.). Essen: Klartext Verlag, p. 162 - 177 16 p. (Dokumentation; vol. 54).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Pinboard | Storyboard
Wentz, D., 03.2017, Bis auf Weiteres. Pinnwand und Serie. Engell, L., Maeder, D., Schröter, J. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 29-44 16 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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Plantafel-Planung
Conrad, L., 03.2017, Bis auf Weiteres. Pinnwand und Serie. Engell, L., Maeder, D., Schröter, J. & Wentz, D. (eds.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 65-78 14 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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Pragmatism versus Artificial Art: Computer Stories
Leeker, M., 2009, Americanisms: Discourses of Exception, Exclusion, Exchange ; [conference on "Americanisms" at the University of Bayreuth between January 30 and February 1, 2008]. Steppat, M. (ed.). Heidelberg: Winter Universitätsverlag, p. 67-84 18 p. (American Studies; vol. 173).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Profil
Bernard, A., 2017, Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 38-48 11 p. (Duisburger Dialoge).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Quantencomputer. Taktlos
Warnke, M., 2013, Kulturtechniken der Synchronisation. Kassung, C. & Macho, T. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 269-287 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Rassismusforschung in Deutschland. Prekäre Geschichte, strukturelle Probleme, neue Herausforderungen
Bojadzijev, M., Opratko, B., Braun, K. & Liebig, M., 2018, Leerstelle Rassismus? : Analysen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten nach dem NSU. Dürr, T. & Becker, R. (eds.). Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 59-73Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Schwinde(l)ndes Theater: Zur Installation "camera orfeo" von Penelope Wehrli
Leeker, M., 05.2010, Penelope Wehrli : Ich wohne in der Möglichkeit ; raum partituren. Bern: Benteli, p. 214 - 219 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sovereign Media, Critical Infrastructures, and Political Subjectivity
Rossiter, N. & Apprich, C., 31.12.2016, across & beyond: A transmediale Reader on Post-digital Practices, Concepts, and Institutions. Bishop, R., Gansing, K., Parikka, J. & Wilk, E. (eds.). Berlin: Sternberg Press, p. 270-289 20 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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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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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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Soziologie und Bildende Kunst
Wuggenig, U., 1997, Kunst − Geschichte − Soziologie: Beiträge zur soziologischen Kunstbetrachtung aus Österreich ; Festschrift für Gerhardt Kapner zum 70. Geburtstag. Smudits, A. & Staubmann, H. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / New York: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 293-323 31 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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Sternenstaub: Zur Anschaulichkeit elektrischer Phänomene Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts
Sprenger, F., 01.04.2014, Zwischen Sichtbarkeit und Unsichtbarkeit: Visualität in Wissenschaft, Literatur und Kunst um 1800. Kaufmann, J., Kirves, M. & Uhlmann, D. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 39-64 26 p. (Laboratorium Aufklärung; vol. 24).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Stiftung Journalismus: Zur Konkretion neuer medienpolitischer Strategien
Novy, L., 2013, Rundfunkpolitik und Netzpolitik: Strukturwandel der Medienpolitik in Deutschland. Hachmeister, L. & Anschlag, D. (eds.). Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag, p. 140-149 10 p. (Edition Medienpraxis; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Stimmen von Marcel Duchamp und Martin Heidegger, Klänge von John Cage und Vivaldi / Voix de Marcel Duchamp et Martin Heidegger, sons de John Cage et Vivaldi: Ergebnisse einer Befragung des Publikums von Fabrice Hyberts '1-1=2' im Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris / Résultats d'un sondage du public de '1-1=2' de Fabrice Hybert au Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Wuggenig, U., 1997, Oumeurt 3. Stoller, D., Werner, K. & Winkelmann, J. (eds.). Leipzig: Messe-Verlag, p. 139-153 15 p. (Oumeurt; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Störungen und Erkenntnistrübungen in Maschinentheatern: Kulturelle Leistungen bildgebender Oberflächen (quadro) im 17. Jahrhundert und seit den 1960er Jahren
Leeker, M., 2008, Spuren der Avantgarde: Theatrum machinarum. Frühe Neuzeit und Moderne im Kulturvergleich. Schramm, H., Lazardzig, J. & Schwarte, L. (eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 271-297 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/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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Tanz. Kommunikation. Praxis: Zur Einleitung
Klinge, A. & Leeker, M., 2003, Tanz – Kommunikation – Praxis. Klinge, A. & Leeker, M. (eds.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 1 - 16 17 p. (Jahrbuch Tanzforschung; vol. 13).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Theater im Zeitalter technologisch implementierter Interaktivität
Leeker, M., 1996, Kunst, Kultur und Bildung im Computerzeitalter. Erdmann, J. W. (ed.). Berlin: Universität der Künste Berlin, p. 85-103 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Theater, Performance und technische Interaktion: Subjekte der Fremdheit. Im Spannungsgefüge von Datenkörper und Physis
Leeker, M., 2001, Formen interaktiver Medienkunst: Geschichte, Tendenzen, Utopien. Gendolla, P. (ed.). Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp Verlag, p. 265-290 26 p. (Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft; vol. 1544).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Theater und Technikgeschichte: Evaluation der Sommerakademie und Ausblick auf die Weiterbildung im Bereich Theater und Medien
Leeker, M., 2001, Maschinen, Medien, Performances: Theater an der Schnittstelle zu digitalen Welten ; Dokumentation und Ergebnisse der Sommerakademie "Theater und Neue Medien, Interaktion und Wirklichkeit" zur Weiterbildung von Theaterkünstlern in Praxis und Theorie des Umgangs mit Digitalen Techniken im Theater, Hellerau 1999. Leeker, M. (ed.). Berlin: Alexander Verlag, p. 355 - 374 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Clock of the Long-Now: Die Uhr, die Langeweile und der Beobachter
Sprenger, F., 2008, Paradoxien der Langeweile. Heller, F. (ed.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 104–116 13 p. (AugenBlick : Konstanzer Hefte zur Medienwissenschaft; no. 41).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Island of the Day After. The Television Series Lost and the Post-9/11-Era
Niemeyer, K. & Wentz, D., 2018, Lost In Media. Wentz, D., Beil, B. & Schwaab, H. (eds.). Wien: LIT Verlag, p. 137-154 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Return of the Plague of Ornaments
Wuggenig, U., 2013, D.A. : A Transdisciplinary Handbook of Design Anthropology. Milev, Y. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 56-67 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Topografische Spurensuche in Köln entlang der Achse Berlin–Köln. Wiedergutmachung und Wiederaufbau (1945–1957): Leopold Reidemeister als Mittler und Streiter für die Moderne
Severin, I. L., 2017, Leopold Reidemeister. Ein Deutscher Museumsmann. . Moeller, M. M. (ed.). München: Hirmer, p. 114-165 52 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Toward a Kaleidoscopic Understanding of Anonymity
Bachmann, G., McHardy, J., Knecht, M. & Zurawski, N., 30.04.2021, Book of Anonymity. Collective, A. (ed.). Brooklyn, NY: punctum books, p. 16-34 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Trick 17 zur Einführung
Vehlken, S., Müggenburg, J. K., Sprenger, F. & Müller-Helle, K., 2016, Trick 17: Mediengeschichten zwischen Zauberkunst und Wissenschaft. Vehlken, S., Müller-Helle, K., Müggenburg, J. & Sprenger, F. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 7-14 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Über symbolische Grenzen: Legitimität und sozialer Gebrauch der Photographie
Wuggenig, U., 1996, Games, Fights, Collaborations: Das Spiel von Grenze und Überschreitung ; Kunst und cultural studies in den 90er Jahren. von Bismarck, B., Stoller, D. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 36-51 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vom Nutzen enger Kanäle – Diskursverknappung als Methode
Warnke, M., 2012, Öffentliche Wissenschaft und Neue Medien: Die Rolle der Web 2.0-Kultur in der Wissenschaftsvermittlung. Robertson-von Trotha, C. Y. & Muñoz Morcillo, J. (eds.). Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing, p. 91-99 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Von der Performance mit Musik zur Performanz rückgekoppelter Maschinengeräusche: Töne, Klänge und Geräusche in Installationen und Performances in den achtziger Jahren und um 2000
Leeker, M., 2006, Reflexzonen, Migration. Brüstle, C. & Rebstock, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Saarbrücken: Pfau Verlag, p. 165-177 13 p. (Musik im Dialog; vol. 6)(Jahrbuch der Berliner Gesellschaft für Neue Musik; vol. 2003/2004).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Von Knoten zu Knoten: Eine Einleitung
Apprich, C. & Stalder, F., 02.2012, Vergessene Zukunft: Radikale Netzkulturen in Europa. Apprich, C. & Stalder, F. (eds.). Berlin: transcript Verlag, p. 9-16 8 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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Weibliche Medien um 1900: Über okkulte Herkünfte der Medienwissenschaft
Leeker, M., 2008, Gendermedia: Zum Denken einer neuen Disziplin. Wagner, H. (ed.). Weimar: Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften - VDG Weimar, p. 117 - 140 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Welche Öffentlichkeiten? Einleitung
Beyes, T., 2014, Soziale Medien – neue Massen: Medienwissenschaftliches Symposion der DFG. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 231-235 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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„Wer Bücher hört, kann auch Klänge sehen“: Bemerkungen zur Synästhesie des Hörbuchs.
Hagen, W., 2014, Das Hörbuch: Audioliteralität und akustische Literatur. Binczek, N. & Epping-Jäger, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 179-192 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Who's Hacking Whom?
Ridgway, R., 02.2017, Hacks, Leaks, and Breaches. Coleman, E. G. & Kelty, C. M. (eds.). United States: CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Vol. 8. p. 120-126 7 p. (Limn; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wir sind drin. Zur Gegenwart digitaler Kulturen
Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C., 2017, Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 5-11 7 p. (Edition Speersort)(Duisburger Dialoge).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Entsolidarisierung und Rassismus
Bojadzijev, M., Opratko, B., Braun, K., Heiter, A. & Liebig, M., 2017, Forschungsbericht Forschungs-Interventions-Cluster „Solidarität im Wandel?“. Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (BIM) (ed.). Berlin: Instituts für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (BIM), p. 31-51 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research
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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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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/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Virtuelle Realität, 3D und Simulation
Warnke, M., 2014, Bild: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch. Günzel, S. & Mersch, D. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 273-277 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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A preliminary study on similarity-preserving digital book identifiers
Vladimir, K., Silic, M., Romic, N., Delac, G. & Srbljic, S., 2015, Proceedings of the 9th SIGHUM Workshop on Language Technology for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, and Humanities: LaTeCH 2015. Zervanou, K. A., van Erp, M. & Alex, B. (eds.). Beijing: Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 78-83 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Behind the Scenes of Automation: Ghostly Care-Work, Maintenance, and Interferences: Exploring participatory practices and methods to uncover the ghostly presence of humans and human labor in automation
Boeva, Y., Berger, A., Bischof, A., Doggett, O., Heuer, H., Jarke, J., Treusch, P., Søraa, R. A., Tacheva, Z. & Voigt, M. L., 19.04.2023, CHI 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Schmidt, A., Väänänen, K., Goyal, T., Kristensson, P. O. & Peters, A. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 1-5 5 p. 332. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review