Reading Time: 3 minutesHortus Semioticus welcomes the newest postdoc to the Department of Semiotics at the University of Tartu, Ilana Hartikainen. To celebrate we asked Ilana to introduce herself, and you can find her introduction below! Let me get this out of the way: I just started a postdoc at the Department of Semiotics, and I am not […]
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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: < 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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Reading Time: < 1 minute!!CALL FOR PAPERS!!
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Reading Time: 3 minutesEdited by Irmak Mertens There has always been a connection between signs and translation, even before Semiotics and Translation Studies (TS) became institutionalized disciplines. For example, St. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate is illustrative of this connection through his distinction between “word-for-word” and “sense-for-sense” translation, offering a strong example of how translation can be viewed within the […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are happy to introduce the new, 12th number of Hortus Semioticus edited by Hongjin Song, Eleni Alexandri, and Andrew Mark Creighton. The current issue of Hortus Semioticus travels through various topics in semiotics by presenting student works from the discipline. As a general issue, there are no specific topics here. Yet, the following illustrates the author’s […]
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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: 5 minutesMariia Korniietska MA 2, Dept. of Semiotics 15.03.2024 Signs of Inclusion: Inside a Behemoth’s Centre Internship Journey In my quest for internship opportunities this winter, I stumbled upon an offer from the Behemoth’s Centre (Peemoti keskus) on the Centre for Semiotic Application’s website. I chose to go for it and apply. Little did I know […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe invite BA and MA students from the Department of Semiotics to take part in a collaborative workshop where we put the theoretical knowledge of semiotics into practice in a collaborative manner with graphic designers. The workshop will take place: January 29 – February 2, 2024, at the Department of Semiotics. The week-long workshop consists […]
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