Session: Body Semiotics
A session devoted to semiotics (in, of and on) the body.
Semiotics
Untangling the webs of significance within which we've suspended ourselves.
Making Sense
"You need to be comfortable with uncertainty, contradiction, and change."
Making Sense
"We're surrounded by messages. The semiotician asks: How have these been configured?"
Making Sense
"Cultivate a 'helicopter' view on things, concepts, and problems."
Making Sense
"We are not leaders, we are guides and pathfinders."
Making Sense
"Each new semiotics project is an Indiana Jones-type adventure."
Session: Reading Culture
A session devoted to new semiotic methods for cultural analysis!
Making Sense
"Semiotics succeeds because of its vast and ambitious scope."
Making Sense
"Achieving a deep, rich understanding of why we behave the way we do is the most rewarding part of the job."
Making Sense
"Don’t set off to be a semiotician — instead, let semiotics set you off."
Session: AI & Semiotics
A session devoted to questions around sense-making AI.
Making Sense
"It’s a semiotician’s imagination, open mind, and creative ability which are truly rare."
Making Sense
"Where everyone else sees things, a semiotician sees meaning."
Making Sense
"A semiotician must have an open heart — capable of appreciating the world beyond one's own perspective."