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…
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…
Stand ready… and you will find out why religion has its share of semiotics even when life reveals the gelid traits of a faceless reality. Event times around the world IO2S ⚘ The Semiotics of Religion in the Digital Era December 2, 2022 / 6pm (CET), 5pm (UTC) Lecturer: Massimo Leone Commentator: Leif Weatherby Chair:…
Fear plays an important role in human culture on the individual as well as on the collective level serving as one of the constraints that regulates people’s choices and behaviour.However, at times the mechanism of fear seems to spiral out of control, and fear spreads like an epidemic infecting meaning-making processes in various areas of…
Cher.e.s collègues, Juan Alonso et moi avons le plaisir de vous transmettre les résumés des deux interventions de la séance du 30 novembre prochain du Séminaire International de Sémiotique à Paris, Les Espaces de la théorie : topologies et expériences de la pensée. Le séminaire se tiendra à 13h45 à la Maison Suger (16, rue Suger, Paris 6e) et en distanciel (via ce…
Cher.e.s collègues, J’ai le plaisir de vous annoncer la reprise de la publication de la revue Visible, initialement parue sur support papier, en version numérique, aux Presses universitaires de Limoges (PULIM), en fin d’année2023.Les 11 numéros publiés de 2005 à 2014 seront disponibles sur ce support numérique. En prévision du numéro 12, un Appel à…
Be our guest… and take notes on how the most ardent disciple of the Angelic Doctor worked out the meaning of the general object of semiotics. Event times around the world IO2S ⚘ Poinsot: The Essence of the Sign November 26, 2022 / 11am (EST), 4pm (UTC) Lecturer: Brian Kemple Chair: William Passarini Meeting room:…
Cher-e-s collègues, J’ai le plaisir de vous adresser en pièces jointes la couverture et la table des matières de mon livre paru très récemment aux Pulim de Limoges, avec une préface de Jacques Fontanille. Cet ouvrage est issu des quelque onze années de pratique art-thérapeutique dans un service de l’Hôpital de Blois qui m’avait employé…
