The Semiotics Workshop

Rescheduled to Feb 4th: Gretchen Bakke

Anthropology, McGill University Sections from the book Apropos of Nothing: Semblance and Self in Slovene Society (in progress), including: Ch. 2 “By the very cunning of the scene” and Ch. 3 “Človek, Človeka, Ljudi: A Local History of Twoness”. Discussant:...

January 27th: Elina Hartikainen

PhD Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Chicago “Ritual Power, Social Power: Managing Reputation in Candomblé” Discussant: Chris Sheklian Thursday, January 27th 4:30-6:00pm Haskell Hall 101 Refreshments will be served. The paper is available by email...

Winter 2011 Theme

The Semiotics: Culture in Context Workshop is happy to announce our Winter quarter theme. Each of the papers in our Winter quarter series, as well as ongoing discussion on this blog will be oriented to the problem of… The Aesthetics and Ethics of Group-ness Some of...

Winter 2011 quarter schedule

The Semiotics: Culture in Context Workshop is happy to announce our Winter quarter schedule: Thursday, Jan 13th: Duff Morton Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Chicago “What Makes a Meeting? What Does a Meeting Make? Reaching Decisions in...