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The Possibility of Minimal Units in the Filmic Image by Sophie De Grauwe In traditional semiotics, the postulation of a rigid system and the need to draw distinct boundaries may result in a black-and-white point of view, where differences are either minimized (to keep an element in a clearly defined category) or maximized (when the element differs too much from the central members of the category). Traditional semiotics is characterized by a desire for scientific exactness and logic. In social semiotics, the system is not logical. www.imageandnarrative.be /mediumtheory/sofiedegrauwe.htm   (8268 words)

Social Aspects of Information Technology Mathematical foundations can be provided by the rather recent and very abstract field called "category theory" (it is not related to the area of psychology of the same name), by noting that sign systems together with semiotic morphisms form a category. A theory of information based on social interaction; it provides philosophical foundations for our approach to semiotics and requirements engineering. This is the basic paper on algebraic semiotics, with algebraic theory and many examples, especially from user interface design. www.cs.ucsd.edu /users/goguen/projs/soc.html   (3554 words)

Talk:Semiotics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I changed the category to Category:Philosophy, a supercategory of Category:Critical theory as it would seem many other branches of philosophy find semiotics pertinent. Semeiotics is miscategorized - it should not primarily be under "critical theory" though there probably should be a redirect from here. What I am interested in is an unbias presentation of exactly what semeiotics is, what its particular concerns are, a description of major recognized theories esp. those from Peirce and Saussure, a description of the major personalities and an account of its influence (for example in Logic and Psychology), and links to external relevant resources. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Semiotics   (3554 words)

Topo Med paper Typological meaning is the familiar kind described by most theories of linguistics and semiotics: a material form of some sort is assigned to a culturally meaningful category, and the meaning of the category arises from its systematic contrasts with other related categories. But the material forms through which we make typological meaning, whether printed word, spoken utterance, or drawn symbol do always also vary from instance to instance in ways that may not be criterial for membership in a sign category, but which exhibit continuous variation that is perceivable and to which our cultures do assign meaning. Spatialization in gesture is akin to spatial representation in depiction. academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /education/jlemke/papers/topomed.htm   (4622 words)

Naomi Cumming. The Sonic Self: Musical Subjectivity and Signification. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2000. [370p. ISBN 0-253-33754-2] More recently, motivated by the undercurrent of interest in semiotics among the graduate students at University of Toronto, I began to wonder if this complex conception of communication might be capable of integrating mental and physical modes of thought into its analysis. Cumming therefore focusses on firstness, iconicity primarily through timbre, but expands Peirce's initial category to include levels of meaning, such as rules and conventions, that he reserved for his third category. She deals with the problem of secondness, therefore, simply by saying that it is not applicable to musical signification. www.discourses.ca /v4n1a5.html   (1341 words)

Social Aspects of Information Technology This webpaper is an intuitive discussion of how the notion of semiotic morphism from algebraic semiotics can help with scientific visualization and related problems. Mathematical foundations can be provided by the rather recent and very abstract field called "category theory" (it is not related to the area of psychology of the same name), by noting that sign systems together with semiotic morphisms form a category. The notion of discourse type is a natural extension of the notion of grammar from the level of individual sentences to the level of discourse. www.cs.ucsd.edu /users/goguen/projs/soc.html   (3554 words)

John Zuern: Toward a Materialist Semiotics of Web Animation This tendency to generalize doesn't only undermine the kinds of "medium-specific analyses" of electronic texts that Hayles has exemplified in her work on hypertext fiction, it also obscures a category of materiality that has traditionally been the focus of materialist critical approaches: the category of relations of production. Writers of codes, whether at Microsoft or at the Multimedia Art Asia-Pacific Festival, are producers of culture, agents in the still-unfolding history of what Manuel Castells has described as a global, and profoundly stratified, network society. This essay argues for greater critical attention to the impact of particular development environments and programming languages on the aesthetic forms of new media productions. www.brown.edu /Research/dichtung-digital/2003/issue/1/zuern/index.htm   (3554 words)

Review Five Moral Pieces by Umberto Eco With 20 or more honorary degrees and a CV taller than most basketball players, Umberto Eco is one of the world's leaders in the field of semiotics; the study of the meaning and relationship of signs and symbols of all kinds. Umberto Ecos' latest book to be published in English, Five Moral Pieces, would fit more easily into the latter category than the former. In 1971, well into a career that had included journalism and academia, Eco was made the first professor of semiotics as the University of Bologna, the oldest university in Europe. www.januarymagazine.com /nonfiction/ecofivemoral.html   (639 words)

CIM04: Aims and Ethos The modern growth and diversification of "systematic musicology" does not mean that it has become more "important" or "central" than historical musicology (whatever that might mean); rather, it reinforces the argument presented above that "systematic musicology" is no longer a useful or appropriate category and that, as a consequence, the tripartite model's days are numbered. For example, semiotics may be regarded as a combination of music theory and cultural studies (or other aspects of systematic musicology). CIM04 also calls for a closer look at power relationships within musicology, which are not always as clearcut as they may first appear: on another level, the science faculties have been more resilient to recent funding cuts than the faculties of humanities – favoring the scientists, and hence, directly or indirectly, "systematic" musicologists. gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at /~cim04/Aims_.htm   (639 words)

Algebraic Semiotics An appropriate notion of colimit for such categories has properties that make it suitable for studying the blending of sign systems, as explained in An Introduction to Algebraic Semiotics, with Applications to User Interface Design. Morphisms can be used to indicate that certain subojects are to be shared in such constructions, and colimits of various kinds are a category theoretic formalization of ways to put objects together. Blending and Colimits: If some class of objects is interesting, then putting those objects together in various ways is probably also interesting. www-cse.ucsd.edu /users/goguen/projs/semio.html   (3477 words)

Intersections Between Pragmatist and Continental Feminism Contemporary pragmatist feminist and continental feminist philosophers generally agree with this claim, rejecting the notion that the category of woman (and man) and the conception of femininity (and masculinity) are simply given in nature. This last point helps brings out the particularly pragmatist aspect of Peirce's semiotics. Pragmatist and continental philosophy thus presents feminists with a variety of resources for thinking through the benefits and dangers of different conceptions of the Other, including the role of the Other in the constitution of both self and community. plato.stanford.edu /entries/femapproach-prag-cont   (6255 words)

FinnLinks - Music Category Musicology also involves the history of music, musical analysis, psychology of music, pedagogue in music, sociology of music, semiotics of music and the aesthetics of music." It's goal is to promote Bluegrass music in Finland and present it to new audiences who are not aware of this fine acoustic music. Military music was introduced to Finland by folk musicians, pipers and drummers in the mid 1500s. www.genealogia.fi /finnlinks/show.php?cid=40   (6255 words)

FinnLinks - Music Category Musicology also involves the history of music, musical analysis, psychology of music, pedagogue in music, sociology of music, semiotics of music and the aesthetics of music." The Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras, currently composed of 29 orchestra members, was formed in 1965 to promote and develop Finland's symphony and chamber orchestras, and safeguard their interests and rights. Military music was introduced to Finland by folk musicians, pipers and drummers in the mid 1500s. www.genealogia.fi /finnlinks/show.php?cid=40   (6255 words)

John Barnes: Science Fiction Inventions 1957), sf author with a side interest in semiotics, has written more than a dozen novels. Look for the Science Fiction Invention Category that interests you, the Glossary of Science Fiction Inventions, the Timeline of Science Fiction Inventions, or see what's New. Technovelgy.com is devoted to the creative inventions of science fiction authors and movie makers. www.technovelgy.com /ct/AuthorTotalNewsList.asp?AuNum=23   (158 words)

Michael Covel: Author of Trend Following Category Archives Woody Dorsey runs the research firm, Market Semiotics. Ed Seykota was one of many participants in the Trend Following book project. His Trading Tribe contributions (in the book) are gentle reminders of what he feels to be the keys to great trading. www.michaelcovel.com /archives/cat_psychology.html   (8212 words)

Science Central : Science - Technology - Cybernetics - Second Order Cybernetics A Journal of Second Order Cybernetics, Autopoiesis and Cyber-Semiotics. Category: Science » Technology » Cybernetics » Second Order Cybernetics Science Central : Science - Technology - Cybernetics - Second Order Cybernetics www.sciencecentral.com /category/392387   (69 words)

Value - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Others see values as part of his sociopolitical interpretation and critique of capitalism and other societies, and deny that it was intended to serve as a category of economics. Each individual has a core of underlying values that contribute to our system of beliefs, ideas and/or opinions (see value in semiotics). The theory of value is closely related to that of allocative efficiency, the quality by which firms produce those goods and services most valued by society. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Value   (1172 words)

Isabelle Sabau - Analysis of Technology/problems in Adult Education Paradigmatic classification of signs is referring to a set of associated signs which belong to a specific category. This analysis will be followed by a discussion of semiology and semiotics, their respective differences and the semiotic process of analysis. This philosophical analysis of the role of technology and its impact on the field of adult continuing education is intended to develop a variety of implications for uses of teaching methods that rely on the full and rich range of new electronic developments. venus.soci.niu.edu /~cudigest/other/isa-dis.html   (1172 words)

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