Session: Semiotics & Politics
On April 26th, a session exploring the ways semioticians can engage with politics and ideology.
Josh Glenn is a Boston-based consulting semiotician. He is cofounder of the consultancy Semiovox, editor of the websites SEMIOVOX and HILOBROW, and series editor of The MIT Press's RADIUM AGE. He is an adjunct instructor at RISD and convenor of the monthly online "Semiofest Sessions." His books include The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, and the family activities guide Unbored. In the ’90s, Josh published the zine/journal Hermenaut; in the 2000s, he was a Boston Globe staffer and columnist.
On April 26th, a session exploring the ways semioticians can engage with politics and ideology.
Call this sort of thing: narrative kintsugi — i.e., breaking, then making visible repairs to one's story.
On March 22nd, a session dedicated to the ethics of semiotics work.
On February 23rd, a session devoted to decoding our favorite songs.
On January 26, a session devoted to decoding our favorite movies.
On November 10, a session devoted to analyzing the un-analyzable.
On October 27, a session devoted to the science of semiotic analysis.
On September 15, a session devoted to semiotics (in, of and on) the body.