Editorial
The art and trade of lobbying is a prime topic of investigation for semiotics. Lobbyists are not necessarily corruptors in
disguise. There is a honest way of attempting to convince decision makers of the merits of a project, a product or an organization. Read more...
World Report

It is
intriguing to consider how academic disciplines can be delineated
and determined along national boundaries. To consider how different
traditions of semiotic inquiry of the twentieth century have been
configured in terms of national identity helps to correct the
positivism and scientism that can overly dominate much semiotic
inquiry. Read more...
Guest Column
The
Distributed Language Group (DLG) was inaugurated at a highly
successful conference organised by Stephen Cowley (School of
Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, UK) and held at Sidney
Sussex College, Cambridge, England from 9th to 11th
September 2005... Read more...
World Report

This highly
multidisciplinary workshop will address both conceptual and modeling
aspects of the theory of levels of reality. Read more...
State of the Art

Over the past ten years or so,
brand strategy researchers have come to recognize the importance of
brand communication in building and sustaining brand equity, the
value attached to a brand name or logo that supercedes product
attributes and differentiates brands in the competitive arena... Read more...
World Report
The subject “Signs of Communication” has been run for a decade as a summer session elective at the University of Wollongong.
It commenced as a more theoretical subject, using Robert Innes’ Semiotics, An Introductory Anthology, and gradually introduced varied teaching and empirical materials. Read more...
Semiotic Profile

Gay McAuley is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Performance
Studies at the University of Sydney.
She is editor of About Performance, the department’s journal, and convenor of the
interdisciplinary Place and Performance Seminar. McAuley has been a leading
figure in the development of Performance Studies in Australia through her
innovative approaches to the study of live performance. Read more...
The Treasure Chest

Seven
Deadly Colours. By Andrew Parker. The Free Press, Simon &
Schuster UK Ltd, 2006.
Blue:
The History of a Color. By Michel Pastoureau. Princeton
University Press, 2001.
Mauve.
By Simon Garfield. Faber & Faber,2000.
Read more...