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.
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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).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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Schwerpunkt ›Die Serie‹
Wentz, D. (ed.), Beil, B. (ed.), Engell, L. (ed.), Schröter, J. (ed.) & Schwaab, H. (ed.), 2012, Diaphanes Verlag. 184 p. (ZfM, Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft ; vol. 2/2012, no. 7)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Schwebende Infrastrukturen: Project Loons extraterritoriale Ballons und die Medien der Stratosphäre
Zindel, H., 2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 153–167 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Schwärmen
Vehlken, S., 10.2022, Historisches Wörterbuch des Mediengebrauchs. Christians, H., Bickenbach, M. & Wegmann, N. (eds.). 1 ed. Wien: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, Vol. 3. p. 404-429 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Risk and Security: Diagnosis of the present in context of (post-)modern insecurities
Kaufmann, S. & Wichum, R., 2016, In: Historical Social Research. 41, 1, p. 48-69 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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(Review) The Shape of Spectatorship. Art, Science, and Early Cinema in Germany by Scott Curtis. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.
Wellmann, J., 11.2016, In: Modernism/Modernity. 23, 4, p. 918-920 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Rethinking Gamification
Fuchs, M. (ed.), Fizek, S. (ed.), Ruffino, P. (ed.) & Schrape, N. (ed.), 16.06.2014, Lüneburg: meson press. 344 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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REST in Peace: Floating Tanks als Medientechnik zwischen Balance und Exzess
Hauss, P. & Vehlken, S., 10.02.2020, Balance: Figuren des Äquilibriums in den Kulturwissenschaften. Goebel, E. & Zumbusch, C. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 217-238 22 p. (Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus; vol. 23 ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Reality Mining: Neue Mengen-Lehren in Social Simulations
Vehlken, S., 01.11.2014, Soziale Medien - Neue Massen: Medienwissenschaftliche Symposien der DFG. Baxmann, I., Beyes, T. & Pias, C. (eds.). Zürich, Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 185-203 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Quantum Computing and the Analog/Digital Distinction
Schröter, J., Ernst, C. & Warnke, M., 23.02.2022, In: Grey Room. 86, p. 28-49 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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Quantencomputer/Quantenkryptographie
Warnke, M., 2014, Handbuch Medienwissenschaft. Schröter, J. (ed.). 1 ed. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 369-371 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Prometheus meets Meta-Image: Implementations of Aby Warburg's methodical approach in the digital era
Warnke, M. & Dieckmann, L., 2016, In: Visual Studies. 31, 2, p. 109-120 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Programm FAKE: Monte Carlo Eventgeneratoren als Werkzeug der Theorie in der frühen Hochenergiephysik
Borrelli, A., 01.12.2019, In: NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine. 27, 4, p. 479-514 36 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › 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
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Prestigeverlust: Medientechnik und Zauberkunst zwischen Mechanical Tricks und Electrical Wizardry
Vehlken, S., 07.2016, Trick 17: Mediengeschichten zwischen Zauberkunst und Wissenschaft. Vehlken, S., Müller-Helle, K., Müggenburg, J. & Sprenger, F. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 17-38 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Postmoderne Medientheorien
Vehlken, S., 2014, Handbuch Medienwissenschaft. Schröter, J. (ed.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 115-124 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Portal als Experimentalsystem
Schrape, N., 2015, »The cake is a lie.«: Polyperspektivische Betrachtungen des Computerspiels am Beispiel von »Portal«. Neitzel, B., Nohr, R. & Hensel, T. (eds.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 157-177 21 p. (Medien'welten; vol. 26).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Plutonium Worlds: Fast Breeders, Systems Analysis and Computer Simulation in the Age of Hypotheticality
Vehlken, S., 25.08.2014, In: Communication +1. 3, 1, 23 p., 7.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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Planning permanent air raid precautions: architecture, air war and the changing perceptions of British cities in the late 1930s
Page, A., 01.02.2016, In: Urban History. 43, 1, p. 117-134 18 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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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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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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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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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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On the Spot: The Double Immersion of Virtual Reality
Warnke, M., 30.10.2015, Immersion in the Visual Arts and Media. Liptay, F. (ed.). Leiden: Rodopi, p. 204 - 213 10 p. ( Studies in Intermediality; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Niklas Luhmann am OVG Lüneburg: Zur Entstehung der Systemtheorie
Beyes, T. (ed.), Warnke, M. (ed.), Hagen, W. (ed.) & Pias, C. (ed.), 2021, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot GmbH. 136 p. (Soziologische Schriften (SOZS); vol. 86)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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New Labor, Old Questions: Practices of Collaboration with Robots
Kasprowicz, D., 2021, Connect and Divide: The Practice Turn in Media Studies. Schüttelpelz, E., Bergermann, U., Dommann, M., Stolow, J. & Taha, N. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 247-262 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Neighborhood Techologies: An Introduction
Vehlken, S. & Harks, T., 15.04.2015, Neighborhood Technologies: Media and Mathematics of Dynamic Networks. Vehlken, S. & Harks, T. (eds.). Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 9-16 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Natur als Ereignis in den modernen Lebenswissenschaften
Wellmann, J., 05.2019, Naturalismen: Kunst, Ästhetik und Wissenschaft. Felfe, R. & Sass, M. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 205-213 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Multimodal Crowd Sensing
Vehlken, S., 2016, ReClaiming Participation: Technology - Mediation - Collectivity. Denecke, M., Ganzert, A., Otto, I. & Stock, R. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 51–66 16 p. (Edition Medienwissenschaft; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Modeling the Pacific Ocean
Vehlken, S. (ed.), Vagt, C. (ed.) & Kittler, W. (ed.), 2021, Oakland: University of California Press. (Media and Environment; vol. 3, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › 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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"Mit eben so viel Kunst als Wahrheit": Die Entwicklung der Schmeißfliege im Bild bei Johann Moritz David Herold
Wellmann, J., 2013, Bildwelten des Wissens: Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik. Vol. 9,2. p. 61-66 6 p. (Bildwelten des Wissens : Kunsthistorisches Jahrbuch für Bildkritik; vol. 9,2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Mit allem rechnen: Zur Philosophie der Computersimulation
Lenhard, J., 03.2015, Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 222 p. (Ideen & Argumente)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Medium, messenger, transmission: an approach to media philosophy
Krämer, S., 20.03.2015, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 270 p. (Recursions : theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Medien-Traum-Protokolle
Warnke, M., 2013, Das Medium meiner Träume: Hartmut Winkler zum 60. Geburtstag. Adelmann, R. & Bergermann, U. (eds.). 1. ed. Berlin: Verbrecher Verlag, p. 305-324 20 p.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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Medienästhetik
Hörl, E. (ed.) & Hansen, M. B. N. (ed.), 04.2013, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 216 p. (Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft; vol. 1/2013, no. 8)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Média(technika)történeti episztemológia
Vehlken, S., 2014, In: Partitura. 9, 1, p. 37-42 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Media of Trust: Visualizing the Pandemic
Hoof, F., 2020, Pandemic Media: Preliminary Notes Towards an Inventory . Melamed, L., Keidl, P. D., Hediger, V. & Somaini, A. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 231-240 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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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Liveness Formats: A Historical Perspective on Live Sports Broadcasting
Hoof, F., 2020, Format Matters: Standards, Practices, and Politics in Media Culture. Jankovic, M., Volmer, A. & Schneider, A. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 81-103 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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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Linie und Körper. Parametrisierte Entwurfsumgebungen in der Architektur
Stöcklmayr, N., 12.2015, Planbilder: Medien der Architekturgestaltung. Hillnhütter, S. (ed.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 7-14 8 p. (Bildwelten des Wissens; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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‘Lichtschwert.’
Engemann, C., 2014, Wörterbuch Kinematografischer Objekte.. Böttcher, M., Göttel, D., Horstmann, F., Müller, J-P., Panthenburg, V., Waack, L. & Wuzella, R. (eds.). August Verlag, p. 90–91 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research