Course Schedule

Monday August 25
Tuesday August 26
Wednesday August 27
Thursday August 28
Friday August 29

 

Monday August 25

9.00-10.30:

Short presentation of the course and its idea.
Five minutes presentation about where you come from personally, intellectually and your project.

10.30-11.00:

Coffee & Questions

11.00-12.15:

Göran Sonesson: Phenomenological Semiotics.

12.15-13.00:

Lunch

13.00-13.45:

I. Student presentation

13.45-14.45:

Jordan Zlatev: Cognitive semiotic comparative analysis of the development of human and ape cognition and communication.

14.45-15.15

Coffee & Questions

15.15-16.00:

II. Student presentation

16.00-17.00:

Fredrik Stjernfelt: Peirce’s classification of signs and their use in analysis of cognition and communication.

18.00:

We eat a buffet dinner together with meat, fish and pure vegetarian dishes right after the course at CBS.

Tuesday August 26

9.00-10.00:

Göran Sonesson: Development of experimental work in phenomenological semiotics.

10.00-10.30:

Coffee & Questions

10.30-11.30:

Kalevi Kull: Biosemiotics as a bridge between science and the humanities. Steps to an experimental approach.

11.30-12.15:

III. Student presentation

12.15-13.00:

Lunch

13.00-14.00:

Jesper Hoffmeyer: The development and analytic application of Peircean biosemiotics in genetics, molecular biology and ecology.

14.00-14.30

Coffee & Questions

14.30-15.15:

IV. Student presentation

15.15-16.15:

Kalevi Kull: The development and application of the theory of the Tartu-Moscow school of Biosemiotics.

16.15-17.00:

Discussion with all participants

Wednesday August 27

9.00-10.00:

Søren Brier: Analysis of animal behaviour

10.00-10.30:

Coffee & Questions

10.30-11.15:

V. Student presentation

11.15-12.15:

Paul Cobley: Sebeok’s development of the semiotic idea of analysis as modelling.

12.15-13.00:

Lunch

13.00-14.00:

Søren Brier: Semiotic analysis of an ad: Ejlersen’s sofas and little riding hood.

14.00-14:30:

Coffee & Questions

14.30-15:15:

VI. Student presentation

15.15-16.15:

Paul Cobley: Different types of Peircean based analysis of communication and ads.

16.15-17.00:

Questions to Panel and Summing up

Thursday August 28

9.00-10.00:

Jordan Zlatev: Intersubjectivity and sign use in children.

10.00-10.30:

Coffee & Questions

10.30-11.30:

Fredrik Stjernfelt with colleagues: Semiotic analysis of cartoons.

11.30-12.15:

VII. Student presentation

12.15-13.00:

Lunch

13.00-14.00:

VIII. Student presentation

14.00-14.30:

Coffee & Questions

14.30-16.30:

Torkild Thellefsen: Cognitive branding.

16.30-17.00:

Panel with Questions from Students & Discussion

Friday August 29

9.00-10.00:

Torkild Thellefsen: Value profiling.

10.00-10.30:

Coffee & Questions

10.30-11.15:

IX. Student presentation

11.15-12.15:

Per Durst-Andersen I: Peircean foundation for an interdisciplinary theory of language, cognition and communication: Embodiment.

12.15-13.00:

Lunch

13.00-13.45:

X. Student presentation

13.45-14.45:

Per Durst-Andersen II: Peircean foundation for an interdisciplinary theory of language, cognition and communication: analysis of problems using global English.

14.45-15.15:

Coffee & Questions

15.15-16.15:

Søren Brier: Summing up and discussion.

16.15-17.00:

Evaluation and suggestions for improvements plus suggestions for follow up courses.