[ANPPOM-L] International Summer School for Semiotic and Structural Studies

[Carlos Palombini]

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
FOR SEMIOTIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES
to be held in Imatra, Finland, June 10 - 15, 2006

General:
We are pleased to announce the research seminars and International 
Summer School for Semiotic and Structural Studies of  the  Finnish 
Network University of Semiotics.  The seminars will be organized by the 
Finnish Network University of Semiotics and International Semiotics 
Institute (ISI) at Imatra and open to any semiotician interested in the 
topics given below.  The director of the Summer School, the Finnish 
Network University of Semiotics, and the ISI is Professor Eero Tarasti, 
and the summer school is funded by the European Social Fund and State 
Provincial Office of Southern Finland.


Dates and Locations of the Seminars:
June 10 - 15, 2006, Hotel Valtionhotelli, an art nouveau castle in 
Imatra, Eastern Finland (near the border of Russia and well-known for 
its historical, natural, and other tourist attractions)

Seminars (by topic):

1) Existential Semiotics
Director: Eero Tarasti

Forum for papers and commentaries on this new theory, as well as its 
parallel and further developments (see E. Tarasti: Existential 
Semiotics, Bloomington: IU Press 2000 and Degrés 116 [hiver 2003]: 
"Sémiotique existentielle")

2) Greimas retrouvé / Greimas rediscovered
Director: Eero Tarasti (Helsinki)
Invited speakers: Jacques Fontanille (Limoges), Gianfranco Marrone 
(Bologna/Palermo), Isabella Pezzini (Rome),
Peter Stockinger (Paris), Saulius Zukas (Vilnius), Kestutis Nastopka 
(Vilnius)

3) The Current State of Literary Semiotics
Director: Harri Veivo (Helsinki), invited speakers: Jörgen Dines 
Johansen (Odense), Christina Ljungberg (Zurich),
Louis Armand (Prague)

During the past 10 years, literary semiotics has entered into a new 
phase of development. The pragmatic theory of semiotics is increasingly 
applied to the analysis of literary texts, thus giving shape to new 
forms of research. At the same time, interdisciplinary approaches such 
as research on iconicity, queer studies, and cognitive studies focus on 
questions of signification and sign. There is also continuity, however, 
since a great many of the analytical concepts currently in use are 
derived from (post)structural research. The time is thus ripe for a 
reflection on the current state of literary semiotics. Are we witnessing 
the emergence of a new paradigm? Is it time to transcend divisions and 
to look for a synthesis in literary semiotics? Which elements in 
(post)structural research are still valuable? We invite all scholars 
interested in literary semiotics to reflect on the current state of the 
art according to the lines of inquiry proposed by these and related 
questions. The issues can be addressed from a theoretical or a 
methodological point of view. Readings of individual texts that 
exemplify different paradigms are also welcome.

4) Semiotics of Music and Mediation
Directors: Erkki Pekkilä (Helsinki), Rick Littlefield (Michigan), Susana 
Gonzáles Aktories (Mexico), and Heloísa de Araújo Duarte Valente (Santos)

Invited speaker:  David Neumeyer (University of Texas-Austin, USA)

The mediation of music has become a major issue and challenge to music 
research. Music has become a global phenomenon in that musical pieces 
and styles either "travel" from one country to another or appear 
everywhere at once. This happens via radio, television, cinema, the 
Internet, and other means of transmission. Mediation is here defined as 
the act that transfers something from one place to another. Mediation is 
closely connected to issues such as representation, connotative 
meanings, and ideology of myths. On a more cultural level, musical 
mediation is unavoidably connected to mass media -- a universal 
phenomenon of our time, of which all music has inevitably become a part.

The purpose of the seminar is to shed light on the following and similar 
phenomena: (1) mediation in film and television, (2) mediation and the 
Internet, (3) mediation and musical migration in a global context, and 
(4) theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of musical 
mediation.



5)   Diversity, Asymmetry, Resistance
Directors: Merja Bauters (Helsinki), Dario Martinelli (Helsinki), Kaie 
Kotov (Tartu), Kalevi Kull (Tartu)
Invited speakers: Franco Fabbri (Torino), Jaan Valsiner (Worcester, MA)

6) 25th Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of Finland, June 9 - 10
Papers by Finnish scholars, seminar in Finnish

Each seminar consists of papers presented by both invited lecturers and 
participants.  The aim of the summer school is to offer the participants 
both up-to-date research and an opportunity to discuss thoroughly their 
projects with leading specialists in the various fields.  The seminar 
corresponds to two and a half (2.5) credit units for university 
students, according to criteria set by Helsinki University and the 
Network University of Semiotics.

Duration of papers:  30 min.  The working languages of the seminars and 
congresses are English, French, German,

Preliminary program:
June 9 -10      25th Annual Meeting of the Semiotic Society of Finland
June 10         Opening celebration: Cultural Centre of the 
International Summer School of the Network University of Finland

June 11 - 15    09.00-18.00 Seminar lectures and papers

Categories of Participation and Conditions of Admission:
There are two categories of participation:
1) Active:  the participant will present a paper.
2) Passive:  the participant will audit the summer school without 
presenting a paper.

An active participant must send a short curriculum vitae and a one-page 
abstract of his/her paper together with the registration form to the 
address given at the bottom of this letter.  These materials should 
reach the organizers no later than March 31, 2006.  The abstracts will 
be published as a booklet for the congresses, and should be sent both as 
a word-processing file (email attachment or saved to diskette) and in 
hard copy to the address given at the bottom of this letter.

A passive participant must send the registration form by April 30, 2006.

Participation Fee:  125 EUR (The fee covers lunch and two coffees a day 
from 11. -15.6. and an elegant evening reception and buffet on June 10th.)

Payment of fees must be made before April 30 by bank transfer to the ISI 
bank account with Sampo Bank.  The bank identifier code is:  PSPBFIHH. 
The international bank account number is:  FI8780001802071697.  In 
Finland, the bank account number is Sampo 800018-2071697.

Social Programs:
Social activities will include various cultural events such as art 
exhibitions, concerts, plays, and cinema..

You are also encouraged to visit the ISI Internet website (address given 
below) for the most up to date information as it becomes available.

For further information and / or to register, please contact:
International Semiotics Institute, Virastokatu 1, 55100 Imatra, Finland
tel.    +358-5-681 6639,  fax   +358-5-681 6696
e-mail:         Maija.Rossi em isisemiotics.fi , 
Anna.Mennola em isisemiotics.fi,
Internet:  www.isisemiotics.fi

-- 
carlos palombini
diretor
centro de pesquisa em música contemporânea
universidade federal de minas gerais
cpmc-ufmg
<palombini em terra.com.br>