terça-feira, 31 de março de 2015

Next Session - 7th April 2015

In this next session, Catarina Rivero will explore the role of morality and happiness in the construction of an "Equalfelicitas" society. She has selected the following two texts and one inspiring TED about the evolution of compassion.


Rivero, D'Araújo e Marujo, 2013

Morality from an Evolutionary Perspective, 2013


TED Robert Wright - Evolution of Compassion




See you there! In the meantime, wishing you all a HAPPY Easter break!

N.B. Materials from the previous session have been updated.

segunda-feira, 16 de março de 2015

Next Session - 24 March 2015


In this next session, Ângela Lacerda Nobre will establish a link between semiotics and evolution by focusing on the following table and paper:


                      Saussure's and Peirce's Interpretation of a Sign


- Saussure’s sign theory –
·         A sign is an arbitrary relation;
·         Each sign needs to be combinedwith other signs in order to produce meaning.
Signifier
Sounds, letters, gestures.
Signified
Image or concept to which thesignifier refers.

- Peirce’s sign theory –
·         A sign has a triadicrelation and is the basis of the theory of signification;
·         A sign has an inbuiltcapacity to create meaning;
·         Each sign develops infinitely in a permanentcycle.
Representamen
The physical sign that is to be interpreted;
“Something that does the representing” (equivalent to Saussure’s signifier).
Object
Image or concept (equivalent to Saussure’ssignified).
Interpretant
“A sign in the mind”;
It becomes therepresentamen, i.e. the sign to be interpreted, as if it were a physical sign, in the next cycle.
                                                                                                from Ângela Nobre, Semiotic Learning, 2010

- Ângela Lacerda Nobre, Semiotic Learning, 2010: Semiotic Learning;


Semiotic Learning and Beyond pptx presentation;




See you there!

quarta-feira, 11 de março de 2015

Session 5 - Audio File

The audio file for session 5, led by Ana Pais, is now available to listen here.




Session 6 will take place on Tuesday, March 24, and the selected texts will be announced soon. 

See you there!

terça-feira, 3 de março de 2015

Next Session - 10 March 2015

The fifth session will be led by Ana Pais, who has selected the following texts for discussion:


- Ana Pais, "The Passive Spectator: Narratives of Affective Transmission in the Theatre" (submitted to the journal Configurations) - to access this text, please e-mail the author anapais2011@gmail.com


- and Sarah Ahmed's The Cultural Politics of Emotion.


See you there!