Reading Time: 8 minutesBy Thorolf Johannes Van Walsum I started to understand cats around seven months ago. It happened in the days immediately prior to leaving Canada for Tartu, Estonia. Up in Ottawa saying goodbye to my friends at home, I was high in a concrete apartment building. Josh and his girlfriend were arguing about expenses. Luna, Josh’s […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutesI always hated roller coasters; I remember kids – schoolmates – being excited about these death machines, but just the thought of being in one made me nauseous. What is the benefit of being tied down into a chair of a train-like vehicle that runs at high speed, throwing your body back and forth, upwards […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutesBy Thorolf Johannes Van Walsum As I stepped into the room, a wholesome set of eyes swivelled, turned, peered and glimpsed out from their lounging perches amid the chairs and couches. The first material I was impressed with by the December 16th holiday party of philosophers and semioticians was their magnificent collection of held breaths. […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBy Ana Marić I see the glass glass statue on the floor. Glass…fragileness…clarity…art…gorgon’s piece I am taking the statue and smashing it against the wall Shattering…cutting…tearing apart…dent in the wall I notice an ember leaf on the surface of the river Autumn vibes…wind’s hands…the fluent guidance…panta rei Suddenly, a river devoured the leaf and leaf […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutesWhile finishing my cigarette at 4:00 am in the morning, and getting ready to make another cup of coffee, I was trying to organise my thoughts and figure out a way to structure all my ideas and collected data into a mental model of my thesis. Then suddenly, it hit me! How do I start? […]
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Reading Time: 7 minutesBy Thorolf Johannes Van Walsum A Foray into the World with Semioticians and Philosophers On October 8th, 2022, students of semiotics and philosophy gathered in front of the Tartu humanities building at 9 am. Roughly. Much to the relief of those who were late (and consternation of those who had run to get there ‘on […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutesPauline Suzanne Delahaye and Andrew Mark Creighton Pauline Delahaye is a Zoosemiotician and post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Tartu, author of, A Semiotic Methodology for Animal Studies[1], and General Secretary for the Société française de Zoosémiotique[2]. In the following interview, Delahaye discusses her current research on corvids, including methodological issues she has encountered, […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutesKeily Tammaru | 8. november, 2022 Intervjuu Hanna-Annikaga, kes on vahetussemestril Tbilisis, Gruusias Intervjueerija: Keily Tammaru, intervjueeritud 25. oktoobril 2022. Hanna-Annika Kuulmets asus kuu aja eest õppima Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi riiklikus ülikoolis Gruusias. Annika on lõpetanud semiootika ja kultuuriteooria bakalaureuse ning õpib nüüd semiootika ja kultuuriteooria magistriastme teisel aastal. Pärast minu õppevisiiti Gruusias saime Annikaga […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutesKeily Tammaru | 30. oktoober, 2022 Gruusia tõmbab oma looduse ja kultuuri võlu ning püüdlustega kooli- ja ülikooli hariduses Osalesin 15.–22. oktoobril Gruusias Erasmus+ õppevisiidil, mis on eelkõige noorsootöötajatele suunatud programm, mille käigus seekord külastasime erinevaid noortekeskuseid mitmes Gruusia linnas, nii Tbilisis, Rustavis, Koubuletis, Ozurgetis, Batumis, kui ka Abhaasia piiri ääres Zugdidis. Võimaluse programmis osaleda […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutesAna Marić | June 8, 2022 Interview with Heidi Campana Piva Ana Marić: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background? Where do you come from, what was your field of study before enrolling into the MA of semiotics programme, and what are your main areas of interest? Heidi C. Piva: […]
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