Summer Course in Tartu: Juri Lotman and the Semiotics of Culture

Juri Lotman and the Semiotics of Culture
July 4-15, 2016 (including dates of arrival and departure)
in Tartu, Estonia

The aim of the course is to give an intensive introduction to Lotman’s semiotic theory of culture, its theoretical background and context as well as new developments and applications of his theory in current semiotics and cultural sciences. More specific aim is offer deeper understanding of cultural mechanisms and a set of tools for practical analysis of culture – cultural texts as well as cultural processes – that would afford new insights into contemporary cultural dynamics.

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