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
“My fascination with symbols is rooted in how weird and misplaced I felt in my own context…” — Michelle Fan
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) | 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) | 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) | MARIA VICTORIA O’HANA (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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | ESTEFANIA RODRÍGUEZ RESÉNDIZ (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)