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Tag Archives: semiotics
How Lyudmyla leads semiotic research in a Moscow agency
In an interview to UT Blog, fresh PhD Lyudmyla Zaporozhtseva unveils how she leads semiotic research at a marketing research agency in Moscow. Continue reading
Posted in Career, Humanities, Research
Tagged cultural codes, marketing, Moscow, PhD, PhD thesis, Russia, semiotics, semiotics of culture, Ukraine
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The problem with Disney’s live-action remakes: Creating emotion with animation
Jason Mario Dydynski writes about how Disney’s live-action remakes compare to their older animated films in regard to creating emotion. Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research
Tagged animation, Darwin, Disney, emotion, live-action remakes, semiotics
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Mariam from Georgia: I knew more about Tartu semiotics than about Estonia
On the day of our interview, Mariam arrived to Tartu from a week-long conference. She walked through the streets and said: “Oh my god, this is so familiar!” She had the feeling of opening the door and saying: “Hey Mom, … Continue reading
Affective meaning-making: novel forms of community formation
Semioticians describe the novel forms of community formation, driven by affective meaning-making on social and online media. Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Research
Tagged affective meaning-making, communication, community, meaning, semiotics, social media
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Play a semiotical game of Greimas Puzzle
The University of Tartu’s master’s student Sven Anderson came up with a game based on Greimas square – Greimas Puzzle. Play it now using emoticons! Continue reading
Escaping Modernity at Winter School in Kääriku
George Spencer Terry, a master’s student of EU-Russia studies, shares his experience at the winter school “Biopolitics and Semiotics of the Body”. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Research, Social sciences, Student life, Studies
Tagged biopolitics, biopower, EU-Russia studies, politics, semiotics, winter school
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