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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The Hidden Space of Production: Virtuality in Henri Bergson and Gilbert Simondon
Kasprowicz, D., 2017, You were not expected to do this : On the Dynamics of Production: Distraction/Interference - Resistence/Accident. Blanga-Gubbay, D. & Ruchaud, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Düsseldorf University Press, p. 111-126 16 p. (materialisierungen; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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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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(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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The uses of isospin in early nuclear and particle physics
Borrelli, A., 11.2017, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 60, p. 81-94 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Technik ǀ Intimität: Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt
Andreas, M., Kasprowicz, D. & Rieger, S., 2016, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 15, 2, p. 10-17 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Computerscreen und Tafelbild
Warnke, M., 2016, Let's mix (all media) together & Hans Dieter Huber . Paflik-Huber, H. (ed.). Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, p. 293-298 6 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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Souveränität und Hypertrophie: Zum Nachleben der "Kontrollgesellschaft"
Wichum, R., 04.11.2015Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Transfer
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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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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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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Eine ‚höhere Form der Erkenntnis’: Körper, Rhythmus und Emotion um 1800
Wellmann, J., 07.2013, Performing Emotions: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf das Verhältnis von Politik und Emotion in der Frühen Neuzeit und in der Moderne. Jarzebowski, C. & Kwaschik, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht GmbH and Co. KG, p. 187-213 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › 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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Figurationen des Phänomenotechnischen
Gramelsberger, G., 14.12.2015, Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie 2016: List und Tod. Gamm, G., Gehring, P., Hubig, C., Kaminski, A. & Nordmann, A. (eds.). Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 157-167 10 p. (Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie).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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Brain Drain: John C. Lillys Floating Tanks und die Technisierung von Wellness
Hauss, P. & Vehlken, S., 02.10.2016, Designing Thinking : Angewandte Imagination und Kreativität um 1960. Mareis, C. (ed.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 167-183 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Finding the Boomers: Der Anti-U-Boot-Krieg und die Operationalisierung der Ozeane im Kalten Krieg
Vehlken, S., 2018, Medien – Krieg – Raum. Nowak, L. (ed.). 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 357-376 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › 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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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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Einleitung
Pias, C. & Rieger, S., 02.2016, Vollstes Verständnis: Utopien der Kommunikation. Pias, C. & Rieger, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin / Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag, p. 7-13 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Vollstes Verständnis: Utopien der Kommunikation
Pias, C. (ed.) & Rieger, S. (ed.), 02.2016, 1 ed. Berlin / Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 208 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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„Das scheint mir das Widersprüchliche in der Kybernetik zu sein: Im gleichen Atemzug mit einer De-Anthropologisierung wird ein neuer Humanismus gefeiert.“
Pias, C., 10.07.2017, Eine Genealogie des MedienDenkens: Siegfried Zielinski im Gespräch mit: Hans Belting, Knut Ebeling, Thomas Elsaesser, Wolfgang Ernst, VALIE EXPORT, Boris Groys, Sybille Krämer, Geert Lovink, Joachim Paech, Claus Pias, Hans Ulrich Reck, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Nils Röller, Otto Rössler, Florian Rötzer, Elisabeth von Samsonow, Henning Schmidgen, Peter Weibel und Hartmut Winkler.. Hadler, F. & Irrgang, D. (eds.). Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos , p. 491-520 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Szintetikus történelem
Pias, C., 16.11.2015, In: Tiszataj. 4, p. 83-92 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Friedrich Kittler und der „Mißbrauch von Heeresgerät“: Zur Situation eines Denkbilds 1964 / 1984 / 2014
Pias, C., 2016, Zweckentfremdung: 'Unsachgemäßer' Gebrauch als kulturelle Praxis. Keller, D. & Dillschnitter, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Parderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 63-80 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Collectives, Connectives, and the ‘Nonsense1 of Participation
Pias, C., 02.2016, ReClaiming participation: technology - mediation - collectivity . Denecke, M., Ganzert, A., Stock, R. & Otto, I. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 23-38 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Zeit die aus der Kälte kam
Pias, C., 05.12.2015, Exploring Cybernetics : Kybernetik im interdisziplinären Diskurs. Jeschke, S., Schmitt, R. & Dröge, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, p. 227-236 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Cybernetics: The Macy Conferences 1946-1953. The Complete Transactions
Pias, C. (ed.), 03.2016, Zurich: Diaphanes Verlag. 736 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Social Media - New Masses
Baxmann, I. (ed.), Beyes, T. (ed.) & Pias, C. (ed.), 2016, Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 348 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Trick 17: Mediengeschichten zwischen Zauberkunst und Wissenschaft
Vehlken, S. (ed.), Müller-Helle, K. (ed.), Müggenburg, J. K. (ed.) & Sprenger, F. (ed.), 2016, Norderstedt: meson press. 118 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Gods of tomorrow?
Peldszus, R., 15.08.2015, In: New Scientist. 227, 3034, p. 42-43 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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IFIP WG 13.5 workshop on resilience, reliability, safety and human error in system development
Johnson, C., Feary, M., Martinie, C., Palanque, P. & Peldszus, R., 2015, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015: 15th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Bamberg, Germany, September 14-18, 2015, Proceedings, Part IV. Winckler, M., Abascal, J., Palanque, P., Barbosa, S., Fetter, M. & Gross, T. (eds.). Cham: Springer-Verlag Italia, p. 663-664 2 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 9299).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Software and soldier life cycles of recruitment, training, and rehabilitation in the post-9/11 ERA
Allen, R., 01.01.2015, The War of My Generation: Youth Culture and the War on Terror. Kieran, D. (ed.). Rutgers University Press, p. 144-168 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Lebenstreue Medien: Von immersierten Körpern zu digitalen Menschmodellen
Kasprowicz, D., 01.2016, Die mediatisierte Gesellschaft: Leben und arbeiten mit immersiven Medien. Hochscherf, T. (ed.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 27-39 13 p. (Jahrbuch für immersive Medien; vol. 2015).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Symbol Systems as Cognitive and Performative Hybrids: A Reply to Axel Gelfert
Gramelsberger, G., 27.08.2015, In: Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 4, 8, p. 89 - 94 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › 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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A geology of media
Parikka, J., 01.01.2015, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 224 p. (Electronic mediations; vol. 46)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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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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Ada Lovelace: die Pionierin der Computertechnik und ihre Nachfolgerinnen
Krämer, S. (ed.), 2015, 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 221 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Zum Lachen in den Keller: Die Heimbar als Heterotopie
Vehlken, S., 2015, In: Figurationen. Gender, Literatur, Kultur. 16, 2, p. 45-61 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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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Film, oberflächlich simuliert
Warnke, M., 2018, Oberflächen und Interfaces: Ästhetik und Politik filmischer Bilder . Holl, U., Kaldrack, I., Miksch, C., Stutz, E. & Welinder, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Paderborn : Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 55-59 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Automaten: Können Maschinen denken?
Warnke, M., 2015, Das Lexikon der offenen Fragen. Kaube, J. & Laakmann, J. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 30-31 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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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