Session: Biosemiotics
On April 21, a session devoted to the emerging Biosemiotics discipline.
Semionaut
Giving voice to the global community of applied/commercial semioticians. (This "topic" is named after a now-defunct website founded by Malcolm Evans and Josh Glenn.) Click here to view Semiofest Sessions only, or here to view MAKING SENSE Q&As only.
Making Sense
"Each object of study requires a unique theoretical approach."
Making Sense
"Eco said that semiotics would be the philosophy of the 21st century and I believe him."
Making Sense
"Semiology is very nurturing, for designers and other creatives, as it offers a way to structure and connect concepts."
Making Sense
"Listen for what's being said (and not said)… and not just by the loudest voices."
Session: Sustainability Semiotics
On March 17, a session devoted to context-appropriate sustainability strategies.
Making Sense
"We should not translate our results into marketing-ese. Semioticians don’t do 'targeting.'"
Making Sense
"Semiotics plays a crucial — even cruel, sometimes — role in guiding understanding."
Making Sense
"No matter how disruptive our insights may be, we must communicate them fearlessly."
Making Sense
"A semiotician must be a 'possibilist'…"
Making Sense
"Semiotics is like the 'Matrix' — it has its own plans for you, no matter what you may have intended."
Making Sense
"Semiotics may be limiting itself to solving bourgeois problems."
Making Sense
"Cycling through analytical modes rapidly and productively is tricky stuff."
Making Sense
"It’s like a kind of jazz anthropology."