Dr. phil. Vera Tollmann
Publications
Books and anthologies
- Sicht von oben: Powers of Ten und Bildpolitiken der Vertikalität
Vera Tollmann (Author) , 2022 Leipzig , 358 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
- Proxy Politics: Power and Subversion in a Networked Age
Vera Tollmann (Editor) , Boaz Levin (Editor) , 2017 Berlin , 256 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
Journal contributions
- Ground Truthing in Digital Technoculture
Vera Tollmann (Author) , 23.08.2024 , in: Nordic Journal of Aesthetics, 33, 67 , p. 214-230 , 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Krisen und Diskurse - das Kunstjahr 2023 aus Berliner Sicht
Vera Tollmann (Author) , 01.08.2024 , in: POP. Kultur und Kritik, 13, 1 , p. 46-57 , 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Ein Forschungsstand: Bildbegriffe, Bildpolitiken, Bildpraktiken
Vera Tollmann (Author) , 01.01.2024 , in: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, 16, 31 , p. 148-153 , 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
- Skin in the Game: Ästhetik der Dis/Korrelation: Über Shane Densons "Post-Cinematic Bodies“
Vera Tollmann (Author) , 01.09.2023 , in: CARGO Film/Medien/Kultur, 15, 59 , p. 71-73 , 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- The Smartness Mandate: Orit Halpern/Robert Mitchell. Cambridge/London (The MIT Press) 2022
Vera Tollmann (Author) , 01.01.2023 , in: Springerin : Hefte für Gegenwartskunst, 29, 2 , p. 75 , 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Education
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- Eye Contact with the Machine: Gaze Correction in Video Conferencing
Vera Tollmann (Author) , Robert Rapoport (Author) , 01.11.2023 Bielefeld , p. 209-231 , 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- Protokoll 28: Quatschmaschine macht Quatsch. Oder auch nicht
Jan Müggenburg (Author) , Martin Warnke (Author) , Vera Tollmann (Author) , 01.09.2023 , p. 246-254 , 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- Proxies
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (Author) , Boaz Levin (Author) , Vera Tollmann (Author) , 02.02.2021 Cambridge MA , p. 419-425 , 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
- Jon Rafman
Vera Tollmann (Author) , 01.05.2018 Köln , p. 166-171 , 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- Powers of Abstraction: Ein Interview mit der Künstlerin Judith Hopf
Vera Tollmann (Author) , 01.12.2017 Hamburg , p. 60-85 , 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
Activities
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Jurymitglied für das Berliner Programm Künstlerische Forschung
Vera Tollmann (Consultant)
Activity: Consultancy ›
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Mitglied der Jury für den Call Artistic Research, Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien
Vera Tollmann (Consultant)
Activity: Consultancy ›
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Mitglied der Jury für die Vergabe des Recherchestipendiums Bildende Kunst, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt, Berlin
Vera Tollmann (Consultant)
Activity: Consultancy ›
Press / Media
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Interview by Geert Lovink for the Institute of Network Cultures
Interviewed oncePress/Media: Press/Media
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Artpop: Pharrell schreibt seinen offenen Brief an die Frauen in der Pariser Gruppenausstellung »GIRL« weiter
1 Media contributionPress/Media: Press/Media
Courses
Die Kulturwissenschaften zeichnen sich methodisch durch spezifische Praktiken des Lesens, Schreibens und Denkens aus. Die Vorgehensweisen haben sich historisch herausgebildet und tragen bis heute: Bilder, Texte, Artefakte, kulturelle Praktiken und Kulturtechniken werden als ernstzunehmende Gegenstände des Wissens analysiert. Wie wir schreiben, mit welchen Begriffen und in welchen Genres, entscheidet mit darüber, was wir erkennen und vermitteln. Zum kulturwissenschaftlichen Arbeiten gehört es daher dazu, die eigenen Mittel zu reflektieren.
Diesem Anspruch gerecht zu werden, wird in digitalen Kulturen komplizierter. Daten, Interfaces, Algorithmen und operative Bilder liegen nicht einfach da, um gelesen zu werden; sie prozessieren, sie handeln, sie entziehen sich einer hermeneutischen Nahsicht. Das Seminar fragt deshalb, wie sich die klassischen Verfahren – von der Diskursanalyse über die Bildanalyse bis zur Ethnografie – verändern müssen, um ihre Gegenstände zu begreifen. Denn die Digitalisierung fügt den Kulturwissenschaften nicht nur neue Objekte hinzu, sondern verschiebt auch die Bedingungen des Lesens, Schreibens und Denkens selbst. An konkretem Material erproben wir, wie man von einem Gegenstand zu einer wissenschaftlichen Fragestellung gelangt und welche Zugänge sich dafür eignen. Denn Kulturwissenschaften untersuchen digitale Kulturen nicht von außen, sondern mit Mitteln, die selbst Teil dieser Kulturen sind (Datenbanken, Suchmaschinen, Profile) und geraten damit in eine Lage, in der sich Gegenstand und Methode nicht mehr so eindeutig trennen lassen.
Diesem Anspruch gerecht zu werden, wird in digitalen Kulturen komplizierter. Daten, Interfaces, Algorithmen und operative Bilder liegen nicht einfach da, um gelesen zu werden; sie prozessieren, sie handeln, sie entziehen sich einer hermeneutischen Nahsicht. Das Seminar fragt deshalb, wie sich die klassischen Verfahren – von der Diskursanalyse über die Bildanalyse bis zur Ethnografie – verändern müssen, um ihre Gegenstände zu begreifen. Denn die Digitalisierung fügt den Kulturwissenschaften nicht nur neue Objekte hinzu, sondern verschiebt auch die Bedingungen des Lesens, Schreibens und Denkens selbst. An konkretem Material erproben wir, wie man von einem Gegenstand zu einer wissenschaftlichen Fragestellung gelangt und welche Zugänge sich dafür eignen. Denn Kulturwissenschaften untersuchen digitale Kulturen nicht von außen, sondern mit Mitteln, die selbst Teil dieser Kulturen sind (Datenbanken, Suchmaschinen, Profile) und geraten damit in eine Lage, in der sich Gegenstand und Methode nicht mehr so eindeutig trennen lassen.
Building on Leuphana Semester’s foregoing general introduction into research methods, this course offers further insights into methods that are crucial for studying digital media. The course starts from the observation that students and researchers alike often find it challenging to develop methods that allow to capture practices, content and aesthetics of “the digital” in contemporary media. One issue in the study of digital media is that the production and circulation of digital data is often “black boxed” and that we find it difficult to investigate what is happening “behind the screen”. For example, users themselves often do not know what data and metadata are being collected and stored by platforms and telecom providers, and to what effect, and what proprietary algorithms are facilitating processes of data production and analysis. Other important research topics concern the question how the design of digital devices and interfaces facilitates certain actions while foreclosing others, thus shaping user behavior and information flows. Hence, students and researchers of digital media always need to reflect on the following questions: What kind of information do I need to answer my research question? Which method(s) will allow me to gather this information? How will I have to adapt my method to the context under study in order to make it work? In how far are classical methods of social scientific research still useful for studying digital media? What are their limitations and constraints? In which research contexts are digital methods useful, valid or limited?
In each session of the seminar, we focus on one method. These include inter alia: object analysis; the use of AI-tools for studies and research; qualitative interviews; participant observations, visual methods and digital ethnography. Each method will be introduced and discussed based on short presentations and shared readings. Based on these readings and discussions, there will be micro-exercises allowing students to gain an understanding of a method via the experience of performing it.
In each session of the seminar, we focus on one method. These include inter alia: object analysis; the use of AI-tools for studies and research; qualitative interviews; participant observations, visual methods and digital ethnography. Each method will be introduced and discussed based on short presentations and shared readings. Based on these readings and discussions, there will be micro-exercises allowing students to gain an understanding of a method via the experience of performing it.
Building on Leuphana Semester’s foregoing general introduction into research methods, this course offers further insights into methods that are crucial for studying digital media. The course starts from the observation that students and researchers alike often find it challenging to develop methods that allow to capture practices, content and aesthetics of “the digital” in contemporary media. One issue in the study of digital media is that the production and circulation of digital data is often “black boxed” and that we find it difficult to investigate what is happening “behind the screen”. For example, users themselves often do not know what data and metadata are being collected and stored by platforms and telecom providers, and to what effect, and what proprietary algorithms are facilitating processes of data production and analysis. Other important research topics concern the question how the design of digital devices and interfaces facilitates certain actions while foreclosing others, thus shaping user behavior and information flows. Hence, students and researchers of digital media always need to reflect on the following questions: What kind of information do I need to answer my research question? Which method(s) will allow me to gather this information? How will I have to adapt my method to the context under study in order to make it work? In how far are classical methods of social scientific research still useful for studying digital media? What are their limitations and constraints? In which research contexts are digital methods useful, valid or limited?
In each session of the seminar, we will focus on one method. These include inter alia: object analysis; the use of AI-tools for studies and research; qualitative interviews; participant observation, visual methods and digital ethnography. Each method will be introduced and discussed based on short presentations and shared readings. Based on these readings and discussions, there will be micro-exercises allowing students to gain an understanding of a method via the experience of performing it.
In each session of the seminar, we will focus on one method. These include inter alia: object analysis; the use of AI-tools for studies and research; qualitative interviews; participant observation, visual methods and digital ethnography. Each method will be introduced and discussed based on short presentations and shared readings. Based on these readings and discussions, there will be micro-exercises allowing students to gain an understanding of a method via the experience of performing it.