Ecosemiotics
Encyclopedia
Ecosemiotics is a branch of semiotics
in its intersection with human ecology
that studies the sign relations established by culture, which deal with other living beings, communities, and landscapes.
The field was initiated by Winfried Nöth and Kalevi Kull
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Semiotics
Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...
in its intersection with human ecology
Human ecology
Human ecology is the subdiscipline of ecology that focuses on humans. More broadly, it is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study of the relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built environments. The term 'human ecology' first appeared in a sociological study in 1921...
that studies the sign relations established by culture, which deal with other living beings, communities, and landscapes.
The field was initiated by Winfried Nöth and Kalevi Kull
Kalevi Kull
Kalevi Kull is an eminent biosemiotics professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia.He was the president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society in 1991–1994.Ecologist Olevi Kull was his younger brother.-Publications:...
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Literature
- Nöth, Winfried 1998. Ecosemiotics. Sign Systems StudiesSign Systems StudiesSign Systems Studies is internationally the oldest semiotics periodical, initially published in Russian, since 1998 in English. The journal was established by Juri Lotman in 1964. Since 1998 edited by Peeter Torop, Mihhail Lotman and Kalevi Kull.It is published by the semiotics department of Tartu...
26: 332–343. - Kull, KaleviKalevi KullKalevi Kull is an eminent biosemiotics professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia.He was the president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society in 1991–1994.Ecologist Olevi Kull was his younger brother.-Publications:...
1998. Semiotic ecology: Different natures in the semiosphere. Sign Systems Studies 26: 344–371.