Interviews with applied/commercial semioticians from around the world. New Q&A published every 10 days.

Please note that a semiotician’s inclusion in this series does not necessarily constitute an endorsement from SEMIOVOX. We’re happy to make referrals, though.

East Asia and Pacific

“There’s so much more to learn about semiotics — that’s what frustrates and excites me!” — Sonia Skins

SUSAN BELL (Australia) | PANOS DIMITROPOULOS (China) | VLADIMIR DJUROVIC (China) | JOËL LIM DU BOIS (Malaysia) | MICHELLE FAN (Taiwan) | EUGENE GORNY (Thailand) | FRANCISCO HAUSS (China / Mexico) | ELINOR LIFSHITZ (China) | WILLIAM LIU (China) | SU LUO (Taiwan) | CATHY MAISANO (Australia) | SONIA SKINS (Taiwan) | MADOKA SUGANUMA (Japan) | JIAKUN WANG (China) | COCO WU (Singapore / China) | HYAESOOK YANG (South Korea) | SHION YOKOO (Japan / Estonia)

Europe and Central Asia

“If you’re obsessed with culture, if you over-analyse everything… then that’s enough to get started.” — Becks Collins

MARTHA ARANGO (Sweden) | DARIA ARKHIPOVA (Italy) | CHRIS ARNING (England) | CHRIS BARNHAM (England) | AUDREY BARTIS (France) | ANDREA BASUNTI (England) | HIBATO BEN AHMED (France) | L’UDMILA LACKOVÁ BENNETT (Czechia) | MACIEJ BIEDZIŃSKI (Poland) | SOPHIE BRAND (France) | KISHORE BUDHA (England) | GIULIA CERIANI (Italy) | BECKS COLLINS (England) | INKA CROSSWAITE (South Africa / Germany) | DORA JURD DE GIRANCOURT (France) | AL DEAKIN (England) | NATASHA DELLISTON (England) | CARANISSA DJATMIKO (Indonesia / France) | DANIELE DODARO (Italy) | ROB DRENT (Netherlands) | MALCOLM EVANS (England) | NICK GADSBY (England) | VICTORIA GERSTMAN (Scotland) | PETER GLASSEN (Switzerland) | PAULINA GOCH-KENAWY (Poland) | STEFANIA GOGNA (Italy) | SAMUEL GRANGE (France) | JESSICA HAMEL-AKRÉ (France) | EMILY HAYES (England) | YOGI HENDLIN (Netherlands / USA) | KATRIN HORN (Austria) | TATIANA JARAMILLO (Italy / Colombia) | LOUISE JOLLY (England) | GEMMA JONES (Netherlands) | NICOLAS JUNG (France) | CHRISTO KAFTANDJIEV (Bulgaria) | KAIE KOPPEL (Estonia) | ALEC KOZICKI (Estonia) | LUCIA LAURENT-NEVA (England) | RACHEL LAWES (England) | MARK LEMON (England) | KATJA MAGGIO (Netherlands) | LUCA MARCHETTI (France) | SÓNIA MARQUES (Portugal) | ASHLEY MAURITZEN (England) | ELODIE MIELCZARECK (France) | THIERRY MORTIER (Sweden) | CARLA MOSS (Austria) | JOHN MURPHY (England) | ALEXANDRA NCUBE (England) | SERDAR PAKTIN (Turkey / England) | MARIA PAPANTHYMOU (Greece / Russia) | GABRIELA PEDRANTI (Spain) | MARTA PELLEGRINI (Italy) | GAËLLE PINEDA (France) | KRZYSTOF POLAK (Poland) | MARION POLAUCK (Germany) | EMILY PORTER-SALMON (England) | XAVIER POUGET (France) | ALEXANDRA ROBERT (France) | GREG ROWLAND (England) | KARIN SANDELIN (Sweden) | CARLOS SCOLARI (Spain) | COLETTE SENSIER (England) | JENNIFER SIMON (England / USA) | RUTH SOMERFIELD (England) | TIM SPENCER (England) | ALICE SWEITZER (Germany) | ROB THOMAS (England) | DIMITAR TRENDAFILOV (Bulgaria) | KEES VAN DUYN (Netherlands) | JENNIFER VASILACHE (Switzerland) | ANTJE WEISSENBORN (Germany) | SHION YOKOO (Japan / Estonia) | NICOLA ZENGIARO (Italy)

Latin America and Caribbean

“Learn to enjoy a liminal, confused state…” — Adelina Vaca

MARIANE CARA (Brazil) | ROMÁN ESQUEDA (Mexico) | GISELA GRIMBLAT (Mexico) | FRANCISCO HAUSS (China / Mexico) | IVÁN ISLAS (Mexico) | TATIANA JARAMILLO (Italy / Colombia) | MAX MATUS (Mexico) | CLIO MEURER (Brazil) | JUAN MANUEL MONTORO (Uruguay) | ESTEFANIA RODRÍGUEZ (Mexico) | GIANLLUCA SIMI (Brazil) | XIMENA TOBI (Argentina) | ALFREDO TRONCOSO (Mexico) | ADELINA VACA (Mexico)

Middle East and North Africa

“Semiotic discourse analysis contributes to deconstructing dominant narratives and amplifying the voices of marginalized groups.” — Myriam Bouabid

HABIBA (BIBA) ALLARAKIA (Saudia Arabia) | MYRIAM BOUABID (Tunisia) |

North America

“Powerful cultural insight is the wellspring of change, and change is what we need.” — Ramona Lyons

WHITNEY DUNLAP-FOWLER (USA) | MANAR R. EL WAHSH (Canada) | JOSH GLENN (USA, cofounder of SEMIOVOX) | YOGI HENDLIN (Netherlands / USA) | HANNAH HOEL (USA) | SARAH JOHNSON (Canada) | BRIAN KHUMALO (South Africa / USA) | CHARLES LEECH (Canada) | SIXIA LIU (Canada) | RAMONA LYONS (USA) | CHIRAG MEDIRATTA (India / Canada) | CHARISE MITA (USA) | VIJAY PARTHASARATHY (USA) | JAMIN PELKEY (Canada) | SMEDES SCOVIL (USA) | SUNDARI SHELDON (USA) | JENNIFER SIMON (England / USA) | TIM STOCK (USA) | MARIE LENA TUPOT (USA)

South Asia

“Semiotics helps clients anticipate cultural shifts and uncover new opportunities, even in unpredictable times.” — Caranissa Djatmiko

CARANISSA DJATMIKO (Indonesia / France) | ONAIZA DRABU (India) | AIYANA GUNJAN (India) | SEEMA KHANWALKAR (India) | RAJAN LUTHRA (India) | CHIRAG MEDIRATTA (India / Canada) | RAHUL MURDESHWAR (India) | HAMSINI SHIVAKUMAR (India)

Sub-Saharan Africa

“Semiotics is one of the few methodologies that bridges the arts and the sciences.” — Brian Khumalo

INKA CROSSWAITE (South Africa / Germany) | BRIAN KHUMALO (South Africa / USA)