Reading Time: 2 minutesIlmus semiootika võrguajakirja Hortus Semioticus uus number. Seekordses numbris on keskseks teemaks meediumitevaheliste suhete ja kunstitekstide semiootiline analüüs. Number sisaldab nii inglise kui eesti keeles kirjutatud artikleid. Rene Kiis uurib luule ja laulusõnade vahelisi suhteid räppmuusika näitel. Helena Haller vaatleb intermeedialiste suhete rolli tinglikkuse ja reaalsusmulje dünaamikas filmis American Splendor. Gabriele Oliveira Teodoro käsitleb erinevaid ikoonilisuse vorme, tõlget ja intermeedialisust Brasiilia modernistlikes maalides. Tiiu Tali analüüsib […]
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Reading Time: 7 minutesSemiotic Analysis of “The Elephant Man” Andrei Bleahu | February 2, 2021 Introduction: visual “myth” creation The Elephant Man is a historical drama, directed by David Lynch. It is centred on the life of John Merrick. Merrick, a man with severe deformities, was born in Victorian England, a time of heavy industrialization where freak shows […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes“How do we know? The effect of technology on knowledge and communication Lemmit Kaplinski | January 26, 2021 The invention of the printing press in the 15th century caused thorough changes within society. The simple act of multiplying texts on an industrial scale also brought about a profound shift in what we perceive as knowledge […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe are happy to announce that the 7th peer-reviewed issue of Hortus Semioticus, a zoosemiotics special issue, is now available, and the editorial team at Hortus Semioticus invites you to www.hortussemioticus.ut.ee where readers have open access to the issue’s content. This publication presents the works of 6 authors and deals with a wide array of […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutesEleni Alexandri – author of HS 7 cover art Eleni Alexandri | 29 December, 2020. My name is Eleni Alexandri, and I am a second-year student of the MA program of Semiotics. I wanted to study semiotics, because as an outsider it seemed to me like something almost magical; a tool that enables the beholder […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is challenging to give a short explanation of what semiotics is to someone who is not familiar with the academic vocabulary in our field. However, we received 14 creative explanations and stories from real life in our Facebook comments on how to explain what semiotics means to your granny. We can see that examples […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutesAre you a student passionate about semiotics? Then you have a space in Hortus Semioticus blog! We are an autonomous and digital resource in the making, looking for volunteers to share their knowledge, questions and experiences with the semiotic community. We need content creatorsand writersfor the upcoming sections of our monthly blog (to be released in November 2020): […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutesKui sa oled tudeng, kellel kirge semiootika vastu, siis on Hortus Semioticuse blogi sinu jaoks. Oleme peatselt ilmuma hakkav iseseisev ja digitaalne keskkond ning otsime vabatahtlikke, kes jagaksid semiootika kogukonnaga oma teadmisi, küsimusi ja kogemusi. Ootame sisuloojaid ja kirjutajaid alates novembrist 2020 igakuiselt ilmuma hakkava blogi erinevatesse rubriikidesse. I Tudengite tutvustused Sõbralik viieminutiline video, milles tudeng […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter taking a break, Hortus Semioticus is now returning with fresh ideas and new vigour! Our next journal issue will be soon be published and new Hortus Semioticus has also a blog for sharing broader variety of semiotic ideas and information more dynamically. Hortus Semioticus is a peer-reviewed online journal for student research and we […]
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