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- [Semiotica Studio - update](https://smartsemiotics.com/semiotica-studio-update/) - Hello there! We hope you are doing well and ready to enjoy some Summer holidays if you are in the North, and some nice hot beverages if you are in the South. Here you have some updates to navigate in the coming months. Hope you find them interesting and useful. Greetings from Barcelona and Buenos
- [Transformism. Can art transform us and inspire for change?](https://smartsemiotics.com/transformism-can-art-transform-us-and-inspire-for-change/) - “The spectator is the most important element in the art of the future.” Marcel Duchamp Imagine entering a museum and seeing an extraordinary work of art. It invites you to question reality and answer simple questions. It stays in your mind, and you come to realize that upon leaving the museum, you are no longer
- [Commentary on Jean-Guy Meunier’s presentation ‘Can Semiotics Become Computational.’](https://smartsemiotics.com/commentary-on-jean-guy-merniers-presentation-can-semiotics-become-computational/) - By Michael Mair, May 2023 Introduction It is many weeks now since Jean-Guy Meunier’s exposition on semiotics and computation. I was awed by his erudition, and by the systematic way he approached the subject, particularly with the focus on modelling which has become the key concept bridging computer science and its applications. His question is,
- [ICIT 2026: 20. International Conference on Interpreting and Translation](https://smartsemiotics.com/icit-2026-20-international-conference-on-interpreting-and-translation/) - September 03-04, 2026 in Prague, Czechia The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of
- [ICONEXION 2026 – International Conference and Exhibition on Visual Communication Design](https://smartsemiotics.com/iconexion-2026-international-conference-and-exhibition-on-visual-communication-design/) - Welcome to ICoNEXIoN 2026 We are pleased to invite you to the 5th International Conference and Exhibition on Visual Communication Design (ICONEXION 2026), scheduled to take place from November 5th to 7th, 2026, in Istanbul, Türkiye. The conference is proudly hosted by Nusa Putra University, in collaboration with İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi as Co-Host. ICONEXION is
- [Semiotics Insights: Sport and Performance](https://smartsemiotics.com/semiotics-insights-sport-and-performance/) - By John McClelland Given that sports matches and performances function in very similar material contexts – a group of persons passively observe another group, active but smaller, execute a set of verbal and/or bodily gestures – it might be concluded that the former might be envisaged as a subset of the latter. That conclusion is,
- [Pronominal Systems:  Patterns of Change in Perspective](https://smartsemiotics.com/pronominal-systems-patterns-of-change-in-perspective/) - Pronominal Systems: Patterns of Change in Perspective Paul Bouissac (University of Toronto) Linguistic lability Let us consider some of the morpho-syntactic and pragmatic changes that have occurred recently, or are currently happening in the pronominal systems of some European languages. The impact of political and ideological movements on language usually makes these changes obvious because
- [The Semiotics of Pronouns: structure and dynamics of pronominal systems](https://smartsemiotics.com/the-insurrection-of-signs/) - By Paul Bouissac A linguistic universal Formal systems of pronouns are grammatical tools that are found in almost all languages. It is one of the four principal components used to probe the underlying patterns of variation among the linguistic features considered in the largest comparative grammatical database available (Grambank) that parsed 2,467 languages (Skirgard et
- [The Insurrection of Signs](https://smartsemiotics.com/the-insurrection-of-signs-2/) - Review of Chris William Martin and Diana McGlinchey, Reading Graffiti: The Semiotics ofStreet Art By Gary Genosko The dynamic definition of graffiti that the authors adopt – “to act against a surface” – emphasizes encounters with surfaces in specific locations. While canvassing some foundational distinctions between graffiti versus street art as word versus image, and
- [Unravelling the wicked: the 2025 Italian Congress of Semiotics](https://smartsemiotics.com/unravelling-the-wicked-the-2025-italian-congress-of-semiotics/) - Sebastián MorenoUniversidad ORT Uruguay8 January 2025 (Palermo, 11-13 December 2025) What do Judas, the Joker, Ivan the terrible, witches, werewolves, the Devil, Adolf Hitler, Donald Trump (and his signature), ravers, prisons, the military in South American countries, mother nature, artificial intelligence and barbarians have in common? One possible answer is that they were all addressed
- [From Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Wisdom](https://smartsemiotics.com/announcing-a-webinar-from-artificial-intelligence-to-artificial-wisdom/) - From Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Wisdom By Dr. Robert Finkelstein Robotic Technology Inc.,President and University of Maryland As with “intelligence,” there are many definitions of wisdom and none are totally satisfactory. Our pragmatic definition of wisdom is: a system that is wise has the ability to perceive both the forest and the trees. This metaphoric definition encompasses what we
- [Webinar on the semiotics of today’s orientalism.](https://smartsemiotics.com/announcing-a-webinar-on-the-semiotics-of-todays-orientalism/) - Webinar on the semiotics of today’s orientalism by Professor Lia Yoka (Aristotle University Thessaloniki) Orientalist painting: rigid metaphors, flexible meanings Abstract The allure and cultural backwardness of an imaginary East in dominant Western discourse, a set of values and stereotypes that historically encouraged prejudice against and exclusion of actual people and texts, was famously articulated in Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978). Art historical
- [INTRODUCING A NEW SERIES: SEMIOTICS FOR THE COMMON GOOD.](https://smartsemiotics.com/introducing-a-new-series-semiotics-for-the-common-good/) - Motor Health and Semiotic Function in the Kinesthetic Expressivity of Neurodegenerative Disease (MASKED) by Devon Schiller (University of Vienna) and Brian Khumalo (University of Florida). Abstract: Motor Health and Semiotic Function in the Kinesthetic Expressivity of Neurodegenerative Disease (MASKED) is a transdisciplinary applied research project grounded in cutting-edge biosemiotics. The principal aim is to address Parkinson’s
- [People who Read People](https://smartsemiotics.com/people-who-read-people/) - Alan Crawley with Zachary Elwood A talk with nonverbal behavior expert Alan Crawley, also known by his online handle Sin Verba (www.sinverba.com). Topics discussed include: why he became interested in behavior; the challenges of studying behavior; the practical benefits of studying behavior (including connecting better with others); irresponsible "behavior experts" who share bad information; and
- [Interview with Desmond Morris (2022)](https://smartsemiotics.com/interview-with-desmond-morris-2022/) - Alan Crawley (Buenos Aires, Argentina) interviews Desmond Morris (Kildare, Ireland)) on body language with incidental reflexions on his life and the present time [with subtitles in Spanish].
- [Remembering Eliseo Veron](https://smartsemiotics.com/remembering-eliseo-veron/) - By Gastón Cingolani. Eliseo Verón (1935-2014) was an Argentinian social scientist, and probably the most importantsemiotician that Argentina has given, with a huge influence in Latin America and someEuropean centers. His work constituted an invaluable contribution to the Social Sciences. His work can be divided into three stages based on epistemological perspectives. Initially hiswork articulated
- [Urban Edge – Inspiration from the Future of Cities](https://smartsemiotics.com/urban-edge-inspiration-from-the-future-of-cities/) - Urban Edge – Inspiration from the Future of Cities How are cities around the world reimagining inclusion, innovation, and human-centred design? Here is a standout example that inspires us on our path to a digital and inclusive Europe. ➡️ Inspired by Diane Borsato’s project: https://lnkd.in/dz3WtwPW ➡️ What if our cities could be smelled, not just
- [DECODING WAR](https://smartsemiotics.com/decoding-war/) - Frank Jacob, editor, War and Semiotics: Signs, Communication Systems, and the Preparation,Legitimization, and Commemoration of Collective Mass Violence, Routledge Studies in ModernHistory, London and New York: Routledge, 2021. 324pp. By Gary Genosko The lives of signs during war, war semiotics, and the afterlives of signs during peacetime, thesemiotics of war, constitute the two planes of
- [Modern Semiotics and the Reconstruction of Ancient Religions of Europe](https://smartsemiotics.com/art-semiotics/) - Review Modern Semiotics and the Reconstruction of Ancient Religions of Europe By Peter Jackson-Rova Link to the publisher’s web page (in German). https://www.winter-verlag.de/en/detail/978-3-8253-9618-3/Oettinger_Rova_Indogermanische_Religion/ What did people believe in ancient Europe in the millennia before the spread of Christianity? Just as many of the languages in the area between Western Europe and India are derived from
- [Decoding the Pandemic, Five Years Later](https://smartsemiotics.com/decoding-the-pandemic-five-years-later/) - Decoding the Pandemic, Five Years Later Review of Sebastián Moreno Barreneche, The Semiotics of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics. London, New York, Dublin: Bloomsbury, 2024. By Gary Genosko The metaphor of explaining the Covid-19 pandemic in a “nutshell,” the figure with which Moreno begins his study, is a misnomer. The pandemic is far
- [Smart Semiotics webinar - “The semiotics of contemporary currency design”](https://smartsemiotics.com/smart-semiotics-webinar-9-march-2025/) - Title: “The semiotics of contemporary currency design” Description: Banknotes and coins are material objects that circulate in our everyday lives. We recognize them as such thanks to their appearance and, particularly, to their design. In terms design, banknotes and coins feature elements that relate to economic value and the nature of currency as a social
- [Announcing a reborn semiotic journal](https://smartsemiotics.com/semiofest-session-33-medical-semiotics/) - About the Journal Semiotic Review is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing original scholarship bearing upon symbolic behavior, meaning, and signification in all its forms. It is online and open-access. Current Issue Animation Editor: Paul Manning The animated drawing is the most direct manifestation of Animism. That which is known to be lifeless, a graphic drawing,
- [Facial expression, a gateway to affective semiotics](https://smartsemiotics.com/facial-expression-a-gateway-to-affective-semiotics/) - Announcing a webinar on Facial expression, a gateway to affective semiotics by Marc Mehu, Department of Psychology, Webster Vienna Private University. Sunday January 19, 2025, at 04:00 PM GMT (UTC +0) In communication, the access to a person's face is priceless. Not only the face is the center of important sensory organs, but it is also
- [Love and Sex in the Digital Age: A Semiotic Perspective](https://smartsemiotics.com/love-and-intimacy-in-the-digital-age-a-semiotic-perspective/) - Love and Sex in the Digital Age: A Semiotic Perspective Kristian Bankov New Bulgarian University DOWNLOAD full-text PDF Abstract and Figures This second issue of our journal addresses an uneasy topic. It is uneasy exactly because it is too easy to speak about love and sex and yet say nothing. It is uneasy because there
- [Attention Mechanism in AI Systems and its Relevance for Textual Pragmatics,a webinar by Prof. Kristian Bankov (New Bulgarian University)](https://smartsemiotics.com/attention-mechanism-in-ai-systems-and-its-relevance-for-textual-pragmatics/) - Attention mechanism in AI systems and its relevance for textual pragmatics Sun, 8 Dec 2024, 15:00 UTC Prof. Kristian Bankov, New Bulgarian University The discovery of the attention mechanism in deep learning algorithms became for many a turning point for the opening of AI to the general public and therefore a major prerequisite for the
- [Launching a new platform for planet-friendly conferences: The International Semiotics Commons](https://smartsemiotics.com/launching-a-new-platform-for-planet-friendly-conferences-the-international-semiotics-commons/) - International conferences are anachronic remnants from the past century that have outlived their legitimacy and functionality. These events generate outlandish Carbon Footprints, and the sheer number of participants hinders the quantity and quality of interactions that were meant to justify them. Take as examples the International Pragmatics Research Association conference that took place in Brussels
- [Fiction and (Dis)belief: Representation in Symbolic Behaviour ](https://smartsemiotics.com/fiction-and-disbelief-representation-in-symbolic-behaviour/) - Robert Yelle, author of The Semiotics of Religion: Signs of the Sacred in History (Bloomsbury, 2012) reviews Devotion and Artifice: Themes of Suspension in the History of Religions, by Peter Jackson Rova (De Gruyter, 2023). The Swedish historian of religions and Indo-Europeanist Peter Jackson Rova has produced asophisticated and sweeping survey of the category of
- [Webinar on “Integrating Technology in Smart City Projects: A Semiotic Approach”](https://smartsemiotics.com/integrating-technology-in-smart-city-projects-a-semiotic-approach/) - Announcing a webinar on “Integrating Technology in Smart City Projects: A Semiotic Approach” By Federico Bellentani Abstract: In 1980, 39% of the global population, resided in cities. By 2015, this number had surged to 54% and projections indicate it will reach 66% by 2050. As cities expand and evolve, the push of technology plays a
- [Semiotics in the First-Person #2 ](https://smartsemiotics.com/semiotics-in-the-first-person/) - By Geoffrey Sykes. BA 10 Seat 44K. 6.10 A few minutes after takeoff a most dramatic thing happened to the aircraft. Let me explain. Seated, I realize that the main reason for arriving early at Sydney airport, that I could not book a window or aisle seat on line in the preceding day or so,
- [Semiotics of the Dragon and Other Celestial Signs: a webinar by Professor Marcel Danesi.](https://smartsemiotics.com/announcing-a-smart-semiotics-webinar-april-7-by-professor-marcel-danesi/) - Semiotics of the Dragon and Other Celestial Signs: In European cultural traditions, the dragon is envisioned as a fire-breathing mythical monster resembling a giant reptile with wings, symbolizing chaos, whereas in East Asia it is imagined, contrariwise, as a symbol of order, associated with the ruling heavens. It is the fifth animal in the Chinese
- [Semiotics in the First-Person](https://smartsemiotics.com/semiotics-in-the-frst-person/) - Semiotics is not merely a set of theories and methods whose aim is to explore and explain various meaning-making processes through detached analytical discourses. It is also a cognitive experience that affects our ways of perceiving and interpreting our surroundings and our social life. In the first text that is featured in this new rubric,
- [Writing on the Walls: a webinar on the semiotics of graffiti, street art, and vandalism.](https://smartsemiotics.com/writing-on-the-walls-a-webinar-on-the-semiotics-of-graffiti-street-art-and-vandalism/) - Writing on the Walls: a webinar on the semiotics of graffiti, street art, and vandalism by Carolina Cambre, Rhett Cano-Jacome, and Chris Martin. Photo credit Stephen Harold Riggins Graffiti By Chris William Martin The purpose, message, and potential benefits of graffiti are often lost as quickly as the bold colours and designs of the mark
- [Smart Semiotics WEBINAR  by Ihor Biloushchenko on Art Forum #1](https://smartsemiotics.com/announcing-a-smart-semiotics-webinar-by-ihor-biloushchenko-on-art-forum-1/) - Summary: While the definition of art remains a subject of debate, we can agree that it serves as a unique way to express some ideas and feelings. In this webinar I focus how art deals with the military conflicts and world threatened by extinction. Firstly, I give some historical examples, how artists responded to wars,
- [A Smart Semiotics WEBINAR  by BRUNO MESZ on CROSS-MODALITY](https://smartsemiotics.com/announcing-a-smart-semiotics-webinar-by-bruno-mesz-on-cross-modality/) - A Smart Semiotics WEBINAR by BRUNO MESZ on CROSS-MODALITY January 14, 2024 Bruno MeszInstituto de Investigación en Arte y Cultura, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero(Argentina) Crossmodal correspondences (CC) have been defined as “the surprising connections thatthe majority of people share between seemingly-unrelated stimuli presented in differentsensory modalities” (Charles Spence). In this webinar, I will focus on
- [THE MEANING OF OLFACTION](https://smartsemiotics.com/the-meaning-of-olfaction/) - Multisensorial interferences in multimodal communication: the role of olfaction from seduction to aversion. (IPrA Brussels 2023) by Paul Bouissac. The research on multimodality bears almost exclusively on visual and acoustic modes of communication. The phenomenology of perception has traditionally dismissed the sense of smell as a notoriously elusive, variable, and highly subjective experience that
- [ART FORUM: Smart Semiotics will launch in October 2023 a new platform to discuss the meaning and mission of art.](https://smartsemiotics.com/art-forum-smart-semiotics-will-launch-in-october-2023-a-new-platform-to-discuss-the-meaning-and-mission-of-art/) - PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SMART SEMIOTICS AND ART FORUM WEBINARS WILL RESUME IN JANUARY 2024 “Art is the mirror held up to nature.” William Shakespeare Can art teach us to think critically? By Ihor Biloushchenko Do you sometimes question the meaning of this world? What if I told you that art has been working on
- [Commentary on the Smart Semiotics Webinar Series ](https://smartsemiotics.com/commentary-on-the-smart-semiotics-webinar-series/) - ‘Sensemaking across the human organism’ By Adolofo Garcia Michael Mair, 2022-2023 This commentary is on a seminar given by Adolfo Garcia in October 23rd 2022 for a ’ Smart Semiotics’ webinar series. Garcia addressed the rift between the two cultures of ‘personal’ understanding and ‘scientific’ understanding in this webinar. He said he wanted to surpass
- [Exploring Semio-robotics](https://smartsemiotics.com/exploring-semio-robotics/) - IPrA23_FrickeBressem_2023-07-12_V7_FINAL_x1-3Download
- [“Systemic Semiotics” - webinar by Professor Piotr Sadowski (Dublin)](https://smartsemiotics.com/announcing-a-webinar-on-systemic-semiotics-by-professor-piotr-sadowski-dublin-on-may-28/) - Abstract Systemic semiotics applies the theory of autonomous systems to the study of communication and meaning. Autonomous systems, such as living organisms, have the capacity to maintain homeostasis—a state of internal functional equilibrium in respect of the information and energy the systems exchange with the environment. A disturbance of a system’s functional equilibrium creates a
- [Webinar by Daria Arkhipova - The Semiotics of Influencers.](https://smartsemiotics.com/the-semiotics-of-influencers/) - By Daria Arkhipova. Abstract: In modern society, digital environments have a profound influence on users' practices and have becomedeeply ingrained in daily life. Digitally mediated communication has become increasingly prevalent,particularly on Social Media platforms where Artificial Intelligence (AI) recommendation systems arecommonly employed. Designers and users heavily rely on algorithmically mediated content as both aproduct and
- [Ai in Communication](https://smartsemiotics.com/ai-in-communication/) - From the University of Torino, Daria Arkhipova discusses her research on the role of AI on social media.
- [<em>The Future We Want: Organizational Responsibilities for Climate Responses</em>](https://smartsemiotics.com/the-future-we-want-organizational-responsibilities-for-climate-responses/) - The Future We Want: Organizational Responsibilities for Climate Responses, 3-5 July 2024 Luisada University, Lisbon, Portugal + Online Themes and Special Focus Founded in 1993, the Organization Studies Research Networkcomes together around a common concern for, and a shared interest to explore, new possibilities in knowledge, culture and change management, within the broader context of the
- [<strong>Can semiotics become computational?</strong>](https://smartsemiotics.com/can-semiotics-become-computational/) - Webinar by Jean-Guy Meunier Can semiotics become computational? Under what conditions can semiotics enter the digital age? Can there exist a computational semiotics? Should it be building a “semiotic theory” of computers and computing or a theory of computing in semiotics? Contemporary philosophy of science offers heuristic answers to these questions. Science is
- [The Facial Expression of Cognitive States, a webinar by Alan Crawley](https://smartsemiotics.com/the-facial-expression-of-cognitive-states-a-webinar-by-alan-crawley-august-7/) - SPEAKER: Alan Crawley Abstract: Is there any connection between cognitive states and facial displays? There have been several independent studies that suggest it is the case. The connection may be voluntary or involuntary, communicative or non-communicative in its original purpose, linguistically tied or not, but nonetheless, a bond seems to exist. Several relevant historical researchers
- [Can a metaphor solve an enigma?](https://smartsemiotics.com/can-a-metaphor-solve-an-enigma/) - UPDATED NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Review of The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World, by Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater, Basic Books, 2022. By Paul Bouissac. Explaining the emergence and evolution of language, and the diversity of languages, remains the most challenging issue for linguists who endeavor to approach the problem in
- [Smart Semiotics Webinar Series. Sensemaking across the human organism - October 23, 2022.](https://smartsemiotics.com/smart-semiotics-webinar-series-sensemaking-across-the-human-organism-october-23-2022/) - By Adolfo M. García PANEL: Michael W. Mair (Timaru) Annabelle Lukin (Sydney) Roman Esqueda (Mexico) Remo Gramigna (Torino) Rukmini Bhaya Nair (New Delhi) Giovanni Buccino (Milano) Others to be announced MODERATOR: Andrew Wardell (Lausanne) COMMENTS By Dr. Michael Mair
- [Before Sight](https://smartsemiotics.com/before-sight/) - Mini reviews by Paul Bouissac Re-published from SemiotiX 2012 Before sight there was touch and smell, both in our evolutionary and developmental past. Scantattention has been paid, though, to tactile, gustatory, and olfactory information in the semioticliterature. By contrast, visual and acoustic communication has attracted much research, and themeanings which images and sounds convey have
- [Highlight of the Thessaloniki IASS Congress: "Principles of Social Semiotics"](https://smartsemiotics.com/highlight-of-the-thessaloniki-iass-congress-principles-of-social-semiotics/) - Highlight of the Thessaloniki IASS Congress: “Principles of Social Semiotics” by Theo van Leeuwen Please click on link to access the video: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/mY45HpM7PN/dXMtYTc1MWIwNDQtNjQ4Ni00MjhkLWE1YjItODcyNmJjMzBiNzdh
- [Body Language in Political Discourse by Professor Rukmini Bhaya Nair](https://smartsemiotics.com/body-language-in-political-discourse-by-professor-rukmini-bhaya-nair/) - Gesture and the use of language in the public sphere comprise the theme of this presentation, which looks at culturally specific gestures such as the namaste. It presents an original theory and typology of the body, drawing on public data consisting of the gestures and language of four young Indian politicians.
- [Communicating danger. “Sebeok’s problem” and beyond](https://smartsemiotics.com/communicating-danger-sebeoks-problem-and-beyond/) - Communicating danger: “Sebeok’s problem” and beyond Review of Marcel Danesi’s Warning Signs. The Semiotics of Danger, Bloomsbury Academic. London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, Sydney, 2022. By Susan Petrilli The book by Marcel Danesi, Warning Signs. The Semiotics of Danger (Bloomsbury, 2022) can be read at several levels, including as an appeal to mitigate the causes of contemporary dangers via
- [Virtual Bricks, Real Pixels: Semiotics of the Virtual Built Environment in Video Games](https://smartsemiotics.com/virtual-bricks-real-pixels-semiotics-of-the-virtual-built-environment-in-video-games/) - SPEAKER: Gabriele Aroni Abstract:This talk will investigate how architecture influences and constructs narration in digital games –architecture meaning here the virtual buildings, cities, and interiors present within videogames. What are the architectural elements and techniques that create a setting and enhancenarration and immersion for players? How do players understand architectural signs? Virtual architecture is a
- [Neurosemiotics](https://smartsemiotics.com/neurosemiotics/) - By Adolfo Martin Garcia Neurosemiotics is a pluralistic framework aimed to describe and explain semiosis as an emergent socio-biological phenomenon (García & Ibáñez, 2022a). It has been described as a subfield of biosemiotics that encompasses most work conducted within cognitive neuroscience (Bouissac, 1998). Yet, non-trivial differentiations can be traced between neurosemiotics and biosemiotics at epistemological,
- [Jurij Lotman turns 100: A tribute to the intellectual who lived between two worlds](https://smartsemiotics.com/jurij-lotman-turns-100-a-tribute-to-the-intellectual-who-lived-between-two-worlds/) - Remo Gramigna University of Turin, Italy Department of Philosophy and Education Science Born on 28 February 1922 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) to a noble and cultured Jewish family, whose father, Michail, was a well-known lawyer, and whose mother, Alexandra, a dentist, Jurij Mihailovic Lotman (1922-1994) is one of the leading exponents of the Soviet
- [The Colors of Ideology](https://smartsemiotics.com/the-colors-of-ideology/) - E-Seminar by Gregory Paschalidis School of Journalism & Mass Communications, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. According to conventional metaphor, political ideology colors our ideas, attitudes, and actions, meaning that it affects or shapes them. Next to this phenomenon, commonly known as ‘ideological bias,’ we have the somewhat reverse phenomenon of the ‘color bias’ of modern political
- [Signs and symbols in space and place – Sites of memory in contemporary Europe and the U.S.](https://smartsemiotics.com/signs-and-symbols-in-space-and-place-sites-of-memory-in-contemporary-europe-and-the-u-s/) - SPEAKERS: Ken Foote, University of Connecticut, USA Anett Árvay, University of Szeged, Hungary Sites of memory are often powerful symbols. Varying greatly in form, scale, and meaning, they range from massive memorials honoring key events in a nation’s past, to small shrines marking important the life events of families and communities. These monuments, memorials and
- [The Social Semiotics of Populism](https://smartsemiotics.com/the-social-semiotics-of-populism/) - The words ‘populism’ and ‘populist’ have been extensively used over the last years to refer to disparate contemporary political phenomena around the globe, ranging from the left to the right extremes of the political spectrum. As a result, political scientists and theorists have been struggling for years to find a common and consensual definition of

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