Session: Doing Semiotics in Latin America
I’m the founder and (with Adelina Vaca) convenor of Semiofest’s series of informal online “sessions.” These events are intended not only to share best practices among, but to nurture collegiality and friendship within the global semio community.
Coming up on 20th March (at 2 pm UK time)…
DOING SEMIOTICS IN LATIN AMERICA
The dense ecosystems of meaning in the most unequal region of the world can be challenging to navigate, let alone analyze. But Mariane Cara has invited semioticians from all over Latin America to try to do exactly that. Join us on the 20th of March to discuss the unique uses of emotion, color and dissonance in Latin America for the 45th Semiofest Session: Doing Semiotics in Latin America.
Get tickets (suggested donations only) at the link above.
Our sessionists:
- MALEX SALAMANQUES is a British-Venezuelan designer and creative strategist. With 20+ years at the intersection of semiotics, culture, and speculative futures, she pioneered frameworks shaping global and disruptive Latam brands. She is a director at Space Doctors, dreams through Futureña—her Latam Futures observatory—and is a fellow at the School of Critical Design.
- XIMENA TOBI is an Argentinean semiotician and social researcher, specializing in the cultural dimension of environmental practices. She’s also a reading mediator at a small educational center in a Buenos Aires slum. In 2010 co-founded Semiotica Studio with Gabriela Pedranti.
- ADELINA VACA is Head of Comparative Culture Studies at De la Riva Group. She has done extensive ethnographic and semiotic work with migrant communities in the US, and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Her publication, Hispanic Game, focuses on the dynamics of cultural clashing in hyper-diverse communities.
Session host: MARIANE CARA is a Brazilian semiotician and cultural strategist with degrees in Communication and Semiotics. Since 2013 she has headed Comunicara, a consultancy company that delivers meaningful reports for global and national brands. Two of these reports have won the Jatobá PR Award for Innovative Research.
SEMIOFEST SESSIONS: R/D/E | BINARIES | SEMIOTICS & UX | BODY SEMIOTICS | AI & SEMIOTICS | SEMIOTICS & CINEMA | FICTIONAL DECODERS | ON COLOUR | & more.
Also see these global semio series: MAKING SENSE (Q&As) | SEMIOFEST SESSIONS (monthly mini-conferences) | COVID CODES | SEMIO OBJECTS | COLOR CODEX | DECODER (fictional semioticians) | CASE FILE | PHOTO OP | MEDIA DIET | TATTOO YOU (semioticians’ tattoos).