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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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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Reading Time: 6 minutesAlice Zaccagnini and Federico Comollo in conversation with Andrew Mark Creighton We are in the afterglow of the 2026 Gatherings in Biosemiotics, which took place from the 27th to the 31st of July. Having taken place at the University of Sheffield and organized by semioticians Tim Ireland and Paul Cobley, the conference was 5 days […]
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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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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDear Semiotics By Oscar MiyamotoTartu, October 2nd, 2024 You are my type,I am your token.If you were a bodily syndrome,I’d be your number one symptom. “Semiosis ad infinitum” you say?Is it some kind of Tourette?Please keep talking nerdy to me.You’re such a wordy vedette. You are my symbol,I am your replica.If you were less cryptic […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the new academic year, Hortus Semioticus is very happy to welcome our new PhD students, the first being Nina Kozachynska. Nina is pursuing a PhD in semiotics and culture studies and a new Jr. Researcher in the department of semiotics at the University of Tartu. We asked Nina to describes her semiotic interests, and […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutesA Report on the Semiotic Summer Retreat in Olomouc. By Nick Cavazos In the fantastic book Sonic Experience, which describes the relationship between sound and the urban environment, philosopher Jean-François Augoyard and sociologist Henry Torgue define the phenomenon of resonance as being “the vibration, in air or through solids, of a solid element. The production […]
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Reading Time: 7 minutesInterviewed by Paola Pianese Introduction Have you ever asked yourself: “What if I hadn’t studied semiotics in Tartu? Would my approach to semiotics be different? Would I know different things now?” I’d say… perhaps. I’m currently studying for a Master’s degree in Semiotics in Bologna, but I spent 6 months in Tartu as an exchange […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Tatiana Jaramillo When I started the Semiotics Program at the University of Tartu, I had some uncertainties about which courses to enroll during the first semester. I remember having a conversation about this with the Head of Department. Before coming Estonia, I had worked for about 13 years in marketing, communication, and digital strategy. […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutesIngrid Udeküll Kui Arno isaga koolimajja jõudis… – ei see on küll vale algus… Ja semiootik ei ole ma ka tegelikult… Minu lugu algab nii: kui teised kõik veel oma suvevaheaja viimaseid päevi nautisid, olid minu päevad täis semiootikat. Üks päev istusin vanematekodus köögilaua taga ja lugesin meile – üks, hiljem vägagi oluliseks muutuv, intrigeeris […]
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