Semiootika linnalooduses: kaks paljuliigilist päeva Ülejõel

Reading Time: 3 minutesKirjutanud Nelly Mäekivi Tartu Ülikooli semiootika osakonna looduse ja teiste liikide tähendusmaailmu uurivatel töötajatel oli septembri esimene nädal eriti tegus. Ülejõe päevade programmis avati 4. septembril Emajõe-äärsel paplialleel näitus „Paljuliigiline Tartu: kohtumised linnalooduses“ ning 5. septembril toimus omailmajalutuskäik. Need sündmused viisid semiootika linnaruumi ja kutsusid märkama Tartut jagatud elukeskkonnana, kus inimeste kõrval elavad ja tegutsevad […]

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An Interview with Translations Studies Scholar and Semiotician, Irmak Mertens

Reading Time: 10 minutesInterviewed by Andrew Mark Creighton Introduction The following is an interview I conducted with Dr. Irmak Mertens, a specialist in translation studies, semiotics, and museum studies. Mertens is currently a research fellow at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Cultural Research at the University of Tartu. Her PhD thesis, How Layers of Meaning […]

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Perspectives from the 2026 Gatherings in Biosemiotics, Part 2: Praveen and Josh.

Reading Time: 5 minutesPraveen Prathapan and J. “Josh” Augustus Bacigalupi in discussion with Andrew Mark Creighton Introduction: The following are talks with Praveen Prathapan — a medical writing from London, England — and J. “Josh” Augustus Bacigalupi — a PhD student in Semiotic and culture studies at the University of Tartu, Estonia — regarding their experiences at the […]

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CfP: Sui generis or/and Entangled?: Rethinking the Relationship between Culture and Ecology

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe call for papers (CFP) for the conference, “Sui generis or/and Entangled?: Rethinking the Relationship between Culture and Ecology”, has been released. Organised by translation scholar Reine Meylaerts and translation scholar and semiotician Kobus Marais, the conference will take place 2-4 June 2027, in Leuven, Belgium, in association with KU Leuven. Abstracts of 250-400 words […]

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Closing soon! Applications for the Prague Erasmus Blended Intense Program (BIP). Don’t miss it!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteApplications for the Prague Erasmus Blended Intense Program (BIP) are open to researchers, teaching staff, Ph.D. students, and graduate students to attend the Semiotic Society of America’s (SSA) 2025 Conference The Semiotics of Friendship: taking place in Prague from September 23-28, 2025. There will also be a virtual component for the BIP attendees on September […]

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Identiteedi seosed keele ja kuuluvusega: Osa 2. Identiteet ja kuuluvus

Reading Time: 3 minutesTshinar-Kristi Shahmardan Identiteet Identiteet kujutab endast seda, kuidas inimesed end defineerivad ja väljendavad ning on mitmekülgne ja muutuv nähtus. Ehala (2018: 16) toob välja, et nii nagu kõneldes, edastab inimene ka oma käitumise ja olekuga identiteedisignaale, mille põhjal teevad teised järeldusi tema uskumuste, hoiakute ja eeldatava käitumise kohta, muutes identiteedi mõneti sarnaseks märgiga. Rahvusidentiteeti määratletakse […]

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Triangle of Sadness: When Culture Talks About Culture.

Reading Time: 20 minutesBy Eleni Alexandri Triangle of Sadness is a 2022 film written and directed by the Swedish Ruben Östlund. The two-and-a-half-hour movie is categorized as a comedy-drama, while the minimal description on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) reads: “A fashion model celebrity couple join an eventful cruise for the super-rich.”. However, Triangle of Sadness is much […]

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PhD student profile: Sebastián Nabón Hernández

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m Sebastián Nabón Hernández, from Uruguay. I have a master’s in semiotics and cultural theories from the University of Tartu, Estonia, and a master’s in Music Composition from the Postgraduate Program in Music at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. I’m also a composer and a musician and work as an assistant […]

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hortus semioticus

Hortus Semioticus is a peer reviewed online journal of semiotics featuring new generation of semiotic researchers.

Hortus Semioticus on eelretsenseeritav semiootika võrguajakiri, mis on pühendatud uue põlvkonna semiootilistele uurimustele.

HORTUS SEMIOTICUS BLOG

Our blog is a digital resource where everyone passionate about semiotics can share their knowledge, questions and experience on stuff that matters.

Meie blogi on koht, kus semiootikahuvilised saavad vahendada mõtteid ja infot kõigest, mis loeb.