Making Sense
"Everything is or can be significant and worthy of our time."
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
"The real power of semiotics lies in understanding how consumers create their own meaning systems."
Making Sense
"We're all semioticians — we all 'decode' as part of our everyday lives."
Session: Body Semiotics
A session devoted to semiotics (in, of and on) the body.
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.