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, 2010 Semiotics is the discipline studying the meanings, uses, and functions of signs and sign systems—a “sign” being defined as anything (a word, gesture, facial expression, and so on) that stands for something other than itself, to someone, in some capacity. Some designate this discipline as a science, others as an analytical tool or a critical method. One
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Theoretical approach of branding from a semiotic perspective [PDF]
, 2018 This paper outlines the importance of the world of signs and symbols relating to brand management. We will explore the traditional semiotics authors and how those have been influenced other academics who have researched branding from a semiotic ...
Sanz-Marcos, Paloma
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The Meaning of Action in Learning and Teaching [PDF]
, 2001 Action is a highly theorised aspect of social life nonetheless it remains a relatively neglected source of data within educational research. This paper attempts to highlight the significance of the analysis of organised action within educational research.
Franks, Anton, Jewitt, Carey
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Beyond Supply and Demand: The Moral Economy of Price Formation in Slab City
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the unique economic practices of Slab City, California, an off‐grid community that rejects mainstream US values. Despite operating within the broader US economic system, Slab City residents have developed alternative forms of exchange, using cigarettes and cannabis alongside US dollars.
Bailey C. Hauswurz
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Eduardo Kohn’s guide to forest thinking
Sign Systems Studies, 2014 Review of How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology beyond the Human, by Eduardo Kohn. Berkley: University of California Press, 2013.
Riin Magnus
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Cognitive Semiotics and On-Line Reading of Religious Texts [PDF]
, 2005 In this essay a hermeneutic model of the higher level understanding during on-line ritual reading by devotees of their respective sacred literatures is proposed, using the instruments provided by cognitive sciences.
Evola, Vito
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, 2012 At the end of the eighteenth century, a large-scale map of the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liege was manufactured, covering more or less the current territory of Belgium.
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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C. S. Peirce and the Square Root of Minus One: Quaternions and a Complex Approach to Classes of Signs and Categorical Degeneration [PDF]
, 2017 The beginning for C. S. Peirce was the reduction of the traditional categories in a list composed of a fundamental triad: quality, respect and representation.
Venancio, Rafael Duarte Oliveira
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Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This work explores the professional experiences, challenges, and collective identity of scholars within the Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EMCA) community. Through the analysis of survey data from 43 participants, semi‐structured interviews with 10 scholars, and the examination of relevant community documents, this research uncovers how ...
Mehmet Ali Icbay
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