New book: Semiotics and Visual Communication III. Cultures of Branding

Editor: Evripides Zantides The chapters in this book consist of selected papers that were presented at the 3rd International Conference and Poster Exhibition on Semiotics and Visual Communication at the Cyprus University of Technology in November 2017. They investigate the theme of the third conference, “The Semiotics of Branding”, and look at branding and brand…

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Nuevo Libro: “Mediatizaciones: territorios y segmentaciones” del Centro de Investigaciones en Mediatizaciones (CIM)

Con mucha alegría, compartimos el último libro publicado por el Centro de Investigaciones en Mediatizaciones (CIM): Mediatizaciones: territorios y segmentaciones (UNR Editora). El mismo ha sido editado por Mariano Fernández y Sandra Sánchez y compendia algunas de las exposiciones presentadas en ocasión del Coloquio Anual del CIM 2018. El libro se encuentra subido al sitio del…

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New Book: Organizational Power and Ethical Subjectivity: In Light of Comparative Historical Semiotics By Youzheng Li

Book Information My selection of papers, which had been published for the past 20 years, has been finally published by an independent publisher in England. As a life-long independent scholar I am still happy to see my writings organized along the independent line (an interdisciplinary/cross-cultural-theoretical line) could be edited and published outside the established publishing…

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New book: Embodiment, Relation, Community: A Continental Philosophy of Communication – Garnet C. Butchart

New Book: Embodiment, Relation, Community: A Continental Philosophy of Communication (Penn State University Press, 2019) by Garnet C. Butchart, Duquesne University http://www.psupress.org/emailassets/NewTitleButchartEmailCatsCust.html?utm_source=CatsCust&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NewTitleButchart  From the publisher: In this volume, Garnet C. Butchart shows how human communication can be understood as embodied relations and not merely as a mechanical process of transmission. Expanding on contemporary philosophies of speech and…

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New Book: A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four

A Literary Semiotics Approach to the Semantic Universe of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four Author(s): Murat Kalelioğlu Book Description Semiotics can be considered as a well-organized signification journey taken among the pages of the work of art. It requires background knowledge related to the field and its analysis tools, as well as careful reading practices in…

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Call for book chapters: Food and Medicine: A Biosemiotic Perspective

Call for book chapters Proposed Edited Volume: Food and Medicine: A Biosemiotic Perspective Download Call for Book PDF: cfp_food_medicine_biosemiotics The ubiquity of food and medicines in their varied forms in everyday life may explain why they became unmissable issues in the history of sign studies. Indeed, a semiotic awareness was key in the first attempts…

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