Home Computer: Digitalization and the Domestic

The project is examining the domestication of the computer from a media studies perspective, utilizing the interplay of design history, actor-network theory, and discourse analysis to comprehend the interaction between living space and computer as a dynamic structure. Through material analyses, particularly of computer magazines, it aims to explore

Duration: 10/2020 - 03/2025

Funded by: DFG

GRK 1479: Automatisms - Cultural Techniques of Complexity Reduction

Automatisms are defined as processes that largely elude conscious control. They exist on the level of individual and collective action as well as in interactions with technology. Since they are rooted in repetition ‒ rather than in creativity, planning, or design ‒ automatisms are close to the mechanical.At the same time, these processes do not ...

Duration: 03/2008 - 04/2017

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Prof. Dr. Norbert Eke