Abstract This paper introduces the notion of speculative semiotics as a scientific project within larger umb- rella studies. The first provides brief account projects “nuclear semiotics” that investigated how to communicate across long periods time. These efforts are then connected traditions design and fiction, whose roots can be traced back situationism Italian radical design. synergy between...

Abstract Contemporary urban space and contemporary life is rife with signs markers either collective or individual meaning, as the main symbolic regulator/leader in socio-cultural presence management of space. Urban city centres present a high degree sign density that on one hand express established conventional (in strict sense term), which are accepted fairly, general way, other define semant...

In this article the participants report on a two year research project titled Textuality and Videogames; Interactivity, Narrative Space and Role Play that ran from September 2001, until late 2003 at the Institute of Education, University of London. After presenting an overview of the project, including the methodologies we have adopted, and the questions we have sought to address, we outline tw...

The aim of this study is to analyse and describe the impact of digital devices with a mult imodal character on chi ldren's creations of narrative texts. The focus will be on the process of creating texts, the conditions for creating texts and the results, the texts. Text is seen as multimodal and the theoretical approach is social semiotics. The method will involve a multimodal didactic design ...

The paper presents the outlines of a general, multidisciplinary theory of meaning based on the concept of value as a biological and social category, synthesizing ideas from biologically oriented psychology, semiotics and cybernetics. The theory distinguishes between four types of meaning systems: cue-based, association-based, icon-based and symbol-based , forming an evolutionary and epigenetic ...

We lack scientiic theories that can support the design of virtual worlds, which we construe in a broad to include user interfaces, as well as text-based systems. Semiotics would seem a natural choice, but it (1) lacks mathematical precision, (2) considers single signs (e.g. a novel or a lm), not systems of signs, and (3) doesn't address interaction, or (4) social issues , such as arise in colla...

Information visualization design is generally ad hoc, using trial and error, and perhaps drawing on experience with prior visualization systems. This paper suggests a di erent approach: general design principles based on a combination of algebraic abstract data type theory, semiotics, and social theory. Major concepts include semiotic spaces to describe systems of related signs, semiotic morphi...

The present paper presents a road map of different theoretical perspectives which disclose a breakthrough approach to organisational innovation and development. It starts from an overview of key questions related to the concept of double-loop learning, then it relates innovation to the concepts of entrepreneurship and leadership, it highlights the key role of the fields of Organisational Learni...

The second-generation Web has amplified and extended new ways of online communication. Millions of people now interact through blogs, collaborate through wikis, play multiplayer games, publish podcasts and video, build relationships through social network sites, and evaluate all the above forms of communication through feedback and ranking mechanisms. This article analyzes the emergent semiotic...