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…

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…

Digital Transformation of Education: Semiotic and Interdisciplinary Perspectives The advent of the internet and digital technologies in general has wrought deep changes to the socio-cultural tissue in almost every part of the world and societies. At the same time literacy might be seen as the ability to read, write, speak and listen in a way…

Chères et chers collègues,  j’ai le plaisir d’annoncer l’appel à communications, ci-joint, pour le colloque « De quoi sémio est-il le nom ? L’apport des SIC à la sémiotique », qui se tiendra à l’université de Liège les 13, 14 et 15 septembre 2023. Les propositions de communication sont attendues pour le 15 décembre 2022. N’hésitez pas…

Bonjour à toutes et à tous, Nous avons le plaisir de vous diffuser l’appel à communications du colloque Médias et violences sexistes et sexuelles. Informer, dénoncer, sensibiliser, qui aura lieu les 4 et 5 avril 2023 à l’université Paris Panthéon-Assas. Les propositions doivent être envoyées au plus tard le 1er décembre 2022 à l’adresse :…