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. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    Simulation wilder Spekulationen. Oder: Wie einmal Paul Baran mit einem falschen Modell das Internet erfand

    Warnke, M., 2014, Modelle und Modellierung. Balke, F., Siegert, B. & Vogl, J. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 23-32 10 p. (Archiv für Mediengeschichte; vol. 14).

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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).

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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).

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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.

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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).

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    You cannot not transact - Big Data und Transaktionalität

    Engemann, C., 2014, Big Data : Analysen zum digitalen Wandel von Wissen, Macht und Ökonomie. Reichert, R. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 365-384 19 p.

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    Zur Zukunft der Vergangenheit – falls es eine geben wird

    Warnke, M., 2015, Die Kunst des Aufbewahrens . Segelken, B. (ed.). Mettingen: Draiflessen, p. 121-124 4 p.

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    Active-matter-Systeme

    Vehlken, S., 04.10.2016, +ultra: gestaltung schafft wissen. Doll, N., Bredekamp, H. & Schäffner, W. (eds.). Leipzig: Seemann Henschel, p. 165-170 6 p.

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    Die Technisierung der Sicherheitsproduktion und ihre Ambivalenzen: Das Beispiel biometrischer Identifikation

    Wichum, R. & Kaufmann, S., 2015, Subjektive und objektivierte Bedingungen von (Un-) Sicherheit: Studien zum Barometer Sicherheit in Deutschland (BaSiD). Haverkamp, R. & Arnold, H. (eds.). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot GmbH, p. 319-338 19 p. (Schriftenreihe des Max-Planck-Instituts für Ausländisches und Internationales Strafrecht; Reihe K, Kriminologische Forschungsberichte; vol. 171).

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    Faksimile: "Mit eben so viel Kunst als Wahrheit": Johann Moritz David Herolds Bildungsgeschichte der Wirbellosen

    Wellmann, J., 2013, Morphologien. Bruhn, M. & Scholtz, G. (eds.). Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 9.2. p. 61-66 5 p. (Bildwelten des Wissens. Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik; vol. 9, no. 2).

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    Spielwelt: Das Weltbild der Simulation im Computerspiel

    Schrape, N., 17.03.2016, Mediale Diskurse, Kampagnen, Öffentlichkeiten: Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit im Kontext digital-vernetzter Medien. Fromme, J., Kiefer, F. & Holze, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 71-98 27 p. (Medienbildung und Gesellschaft; vol. 32).

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    Ballonflüge: Medientechniken der Atmosphäre

    Zindel, H., 12.2020, JARDIN GLOCAL: Medienökologische Suchbewegung . Fetzner, D. (ed.). Offenburg: Hochschule Offenburg, p. 20–21 2 p. (Schriftenreihe der Hochschule Offenburg; vol. 7).

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  17. Critical reviews › Research
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  23. Journal articles › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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    Atomic Animals: Tiere als Medien nuklearer Forschung

    Vehlken, S., 26.10.2020, In: Tierstudien. 18, p. 45-56 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Die Farm der Daten: Über den Auszug des Digitalen ins Grüne

    Engemann, C., 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte. 9, 2, p. 47-52 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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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.

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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.

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    Relationen im Raum: Visualisierung topographischer Klein(st)strukturen

    Hüttenmeister, N., Kollatz, T., Rütenik, T., Warnke, M., Wedemeyer, C. & Ziai, T., 2013, In: Kalonymos. 16, 4, p. 4-6 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  31. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    Absorbing the gaze, scattering looks: Klimt’s distinctive style and its two-fold effect on the eye of the beholder

    Miscenà, A., Arato, J. & Rosenberg, R., 06.10.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 13 p., 8.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Accounting for Information Infrastructure as Medium for Organisational Change

    Boell, S. K. & Hoof, F., 02.01.2020, In: Accounting History Review. 30, 1, p. 45-68 24 p.

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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.

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    Archivreisen. Teil I: Zuhause im Archiv

    Zindel, H. & Zetti, D., 2021, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 13, 2, p. 152-158 7 p.

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    Assessing the added value of the recent declaration on unregulated fishing for sustainable governance of the central Arctic Ocean

    Shephard, G. E., Dalen, K., Aparício, S., Beumer, L., Birkeland, R., Gkikas, N., Kourantidou, M., Ktenas, P., Linde, P. W., Marazzi, F., Pincinato, R. B. M., Radianti, J., Schartmüller, B., Stübner, E. I., Varnajot, A., Vullierme, M., Zhilina, I. & Peldszus, R., 01.04.2016, In: Marine Policy. 66, p. 50-57 8 p.

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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.

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    Between symmetry and asymmetry: spontaneous symmetry breaking as narrative knowing

    Borrelli, A., 01.04.2021, In: Synthese. 198, 4, p. 3919-3948 30 p.

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    Bewegte Spiele: Zur Verschiebung des Verhältnisses von Spiel und Alltagswelt durch mobile Games

    Schrape, N. & Fuchs, M., 2013, In: Sprache und Literatur. 44, 1, p. 69-83 15 p.

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    Constructing strangeness: Exploratory modeling and concept formation

    Borrelli, A., 20.08.2021, In: Perspectives on Science. 29, 4, p. 388-408 21 p.

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    Culture, Technology, and Process in “Media Theories”: Toward a shift in the understanding of media in organizational research

    Hoof, F. & Boell, S. K., 01.09.2019, In: Organization. 26, 5, p. 636-654 19 p.

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    Daten, Wahn, Sinn

    Apprich, C., 05.10.2017, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 9, 17-2, p. 54-62 9 p.

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    Die Adresse des freien Bürgers: Digitale Identitätssysteme Deutschlands und der USA im Vergleich

    Engemann, C., 2015, In: Leviathan, Berliner Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft. 43, 1, p. 43-63 21 p.

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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.

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    Does pictorial composition guide the eye? Investigating four centuries of last supper pictures

    Sancarlo, R., Arato, J., Dare, Z. & Rosenberg, R., 21.08.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 13 p., 7.

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    Folding into being: early embryology and the epistemology of rhythm

    Wellmann, J., 01.03.2015, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 37, 1, p. 17-33 17 p.

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    Friedrich Kittler und der »Mißbrauch von Heeresgerät«: Zur Situation eines Denkbildes 1964 – 1984 – 2014

    Pias, C., 04.2015, In: Merkur. 69, 791, p. 31-34 14 p.

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    Gaia's Game

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

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    Giovan Battista Della Porta's construction of pneumatic phenomena and his use of recipes as heuristic tools

    Borrelli, A., 01.08.2020, In: Centaurus. 62, 3, p. 406-424 19 p.

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    Krassheiten: Das Ende der Massen und ihrer Medien

    Warnke, M., 2017, In: Treffpunkte. 2017, 3, p. 13 – 16 4 p.

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    Listening to the Body Moving: Auscultation, Sound, and Music around 1800

    Wellmann, J., 2017, In: Journal of Sonic Studies. 13

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    Média(technika)történeti episztemológia

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

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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.

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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.

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    Operative communication: project Cybersyn and the intersection of information design, interface design, and interaction design

    Vehlken, S., 09.2022, In: AI and Society. 37, 3, p. 1131-1152 22 p.

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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.

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