Teaching
Institute for Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media (ICAM)
The Institute for Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media (ICAM) is the Centre for Digital Culture’s anchor in the Faculty for Cultural Sciences. Its research focuses on digital media and cultures in their historical, epistemological, technical and techno-aesthetical aspects. The ICAM is also the base for teaching activities related to the CDC: the Bachelor Major degrees in ‘Digital Media’ and in ‘Cultural Sciences’ (the latter with areas of specialization in ‘Media and Cultural Technique’ and ‘Music and Auditory Culture’), the new MA Programme ‘Media and Digital Cultures’ (from autumn 2020) and in Doctoral Research Group ‘Knowledge Culture/Digital Media.’
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Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISKO)
The Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISKO) is the Centre for Digital Culture’s second anchor in the Faculty for Cultural Sciences. Its research focuses on social and cultural theory with regard to fields such as cultural organization, sociology of the arts, cultural sociology, organization and media, migration, mobility and (digital) labour. The ISKO also contributes to CDC-related teaching activities: the Bachelor Major degrees in ‘Digital Media’ and in ‘Cultural Sciences’ and the new, English-speaking MA Programme ‘Culture and Organization’ (from autumn 2020), among others.
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Digital Media Bachelor’s Programm
Based on the research of the Centre for Digital Cultures, Leuphana University of Lüneburg and Hamburg Media School offer since 2013 a new Bachelor degree in Digital Media. In this three-year study program, students analyze the ideas, approaches and history, as well as the technical foundations and tools that define digital media. They analyze digital cultures critically, and develop their own hands-on projects. With its foundation in the research and networking activities of the Centre for Digital Cultures, the degree program is internationally oriented and taught fully in English.