Making Sense with…
"Powerful cultural insight is the wellspring of change, and change is what we need."
What makes semioticians tick? We asked members of the international community of semiotic practitioners to answer 10 questions…
"Powerful cultural insight is the wellspring of change, and change is what we need."
"The skill of the semiotician is to have the muscles for pattern recognition more developed."
"It's essential to cultivate the feeling of being surprised by the ordinary…"
"Each object of study requires a unique theoretical approach."
"Eco said that semiotics would be the philosophy of the 21st century and I believe him."
"Semiology is very nurturing, for designers and other creatives, as it offers a way to structure and connect concepts."
"Listen for what's being said (and not said)… and not just by the loudest voices."
"We should not translate our results into marketing-ese. Semioticians don’t do 'targeting.'"
"Semioticians can create 'magical' outputs — but we have a systematic process for doing so."
"Semiotics plays a crucial — even cruel, sometimes — role in guiding understanding."
"No matter how disruptive our insights may be, we must communicate them fearlessly."
"Semiotics is like the 'Matrix' — it has its own plans for you, no matter what you may have intended."
"Semiotics may be limiting itself to solving bourgeois problems."