Semiotic encounters with John Deely (December 17)

Feel welcome… and you will become wide awake once you notice how deep the insights gained from the interplay between two semiotic animals can grow. Event times around the world ZOOM: IO2S ⚘ Semiotic encounters with John Deely December 17, 2022 / 2pm (BRT), 5pm (UTC) Lecturer: Winfried Nöth Commentator: Myrdene Anderson Chair: William Passarini…

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Special offer – Bloomsbury Semiotics Volumes 1-4 (General Editor: Jamin Pelkey)

Dear colleagues, Please see below a special offer on the 4 volumes of Bloomsbury Semiotics, edited by the IASS’s very own Jamin Pelkey and featuring contributions by other IASS members. Bloomsbury are offering 20% off the volumes for all our members. Best, Paul Bloomsbury Semiotics Volumes 1-4 General Editor: Jamin Pelkey Bloomsbury Semiotics offers a state-of-the-art…

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Conférence: “La sémiotique au musée. Regards, approches, méthodes”, de Isabella Pezzini (9 décembre 10.30-12.30, Université de Liège)

Cher.e.s collègues, J’ai le plaisir de vous annoncer la conférence d’Isabella Pezzini (Université La Sapienza, Rome) « La sémiotique au musée. Regards, approches, méthodes » qui se tiendra le 9 décembre prochain de 10h30 à 12h30 à l’Université de Liège.  Cette conférence, organisée en collaboration avec Rita Occhiuto (ULiège), aura lieu à la Salle Pousseur (Complexe Opéra) et en ligne…

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The Deely method: an archaeological stroll across biosemiotics and cybernetics (December 3)

Hands on… and join forces to augment the methodological spectrum of interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities. Following Deely’s archaeology of concepts, this talk will explore the extent to which key concepts in biosemiotics such as information, communication, systems and constraints to name a few, can be related to a systematic and cybernetic heritage. It is…

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Call for papers: Conference “Contemporary Umwelt Analysis: Applications for Culture and Ecological Relations” (18-19 April, 2023, University of Tartu, Estonia)

Umwelt analysis, initially proposed by Jakob von Uexküll, revolutionised studies on animal behaviour and perception by targeting them as semiotic phenomena, that is, based on meanings and signs. In the Institute of Umwelt research in Hamburg, of which Uexküll was the director, umwelt theory served as a shared theoretical ground for research on topics as…

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