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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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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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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Images of Feasibility: On the Viscourse of Climate Engineering
Schrickel, I., 04.2014, Image Politics of Climate Change: Visualizations, Imaginations, Documentations. Schneider, B. & Nocke, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 363-382 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Gamification and Governmentality
Schrape, N., 23.06.2014, Rethinking Gamification. Mathias, F., Fizek, S., Ruffino, P. & Schrape, N. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 21-46 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das Seufzen der Olimpia
Warnke, M., 2014, Interventionen: Festschrift für Georg Christoph Tholen. Haase, F. & Heilmann, T. A. (eds.). Marbug: Schüren Verlag, p. 323-331 8 p. (Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung; vol. 45).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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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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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Agentenspiele. Crowd Management, Sozialsimulation und Big Data
Vehlken, S. & Pias, C., 01.02.2014, Managementperspektiven für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts: Management als Liberal Art. von Müller, C. & Zinth, C-P. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 167-182 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › 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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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