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. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Souveränität und Hypertrophie: Zum Nachleben der "Kontrollgesellschaft"

    Wichum, R., 04.11.2015

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsTransfer

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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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    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransferpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransferpeer-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/worksChapterpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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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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    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review