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SEMKNOW General module at the University of Lapland

1. General description of SEMKNOW General Semiotics module

x Basic Methods for Semiotic Analysis 5 ECTS Faculty of Art & Design- Dario Martinelli

x Social and Pragmatic Semiotics 5 ECTS Faculty of Social Sciences-Suvi Ronkainen

x Interpretation and Experience in Semiotics 5 ECTS Faculty of Social Sciences-Suvi Ronkainen

x Images and communication 5 ECTS Faculty of Art and Design- Riitta Brusila-Räsänen

x Semiotics of the Body 5 ECTS Faculty of Social Sciences-Soile Veijola

x Legal semiotics 5 ECTS Faculty of Law-Juha Karhu

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SEMKNOW Course Syllabus: Basic Methods for Semiotic Analysis, lectures and data session

1 Name of the subject in English Basic Methods for Semiotic Analysis, lectures and data session 2 Volume (ECTS) 2 + 3 = 5 ects 3 Language of instruction English 4 Target groups (audience, level of studies) All students 5 Prerequisites for passing the subject Introductory module or equivalent (compulsory and recommended prerequisite subjects, prior qualification etc.) 6 General objectives of the subject To give students an idea what is semiotic analysis of most varied cultural, artistic and other objects; on which kind of methodology and epistemology such an analysis is based; which type of philosophical presumptions, categories and concepts constitute the background and foundation for an empirical semiotic analysis. How they developed historically and which are the most recent innovations in this field. 7 Learning objectives of the subject Students should be able to understand more profound aspects of (speciality related skills and knowledge to semiotic analysis, than merely applying them to chosen topics. be acquired; generic skill) 8 Ways and criteria of assessment. students read books, follow lectures and write their own essays on Requirements established to be allowed the selected materials; altogether these form the examination to take an exam or pass-fail evaluation/to re-sit an exam/to make up for missed or failed assignments 9 Content of the subject (themes to be Structuralist, poststructuralist, postmodern, phenomenological and covered), brief description existential foundations of semiotic analysis 10 Volumes and working formats class attendance if a seminar is arranged; otherwise reading and (independent work, class attendance: writing home essays lecture, seminar, colloquia, practical work, e- learning, working practice etc.) 12 Independent work (list of works and list of books will be provided guidelines) 13 Compulsory and recommended study selectively: Winfrid Nöth: Handbook of semiotics; Thomas A. Sebeok: materials Global semiotics; : Signifying and Understanding; Michel Foucault: The Order of Things; Dario Martinelli: Authenticity, Performance and Other Double-Edged Words; Eero Tarasti ed. Global Signs; E. Tarasti ed. Communication: Understanding/Misunderstanding I-III; E. Tarasti: Fondements de la sémiotique existentielle 14 Additional information, course www

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SEMKNOW Course Syllabus: Social and pragmatic semiotics

1 Name of the subject in English Social and pragmatic semiotics 2 Volume (ECTS) 5 ects 3 Language of instruction English 4 Target groups (audience, level of studies) Doctoral students 5 Prerequisites for passing the subject Introductory module or equivalent (compulsory and recommended prerequisite subjects, prior qualification etc.) 6 General objectives of the subject Knowledge on pragmatic philosophy and its links to ; basics on cultural semiotics and critical semiotics. 7 Learning objectives of the subject Good understanding in pragmatism and, based on that, ability to use (speciality related skills and knowledge to ideas from social semiotics, cultural semiotics and critical semiotics on be acquired; generic skill) the analysis of social and inter-relational phenomena. 8 Ways and criteria of assessment. exam: pass/fail and evaluation of independent work: pass/failed Requirements established to be allowed to take an exam or pass-fail evaluation/to resit an exam/to make up for missed or failed assignments 9 Content of the subject (themes to be Pragmatism, social semiotic, critical semiotics, discourse analysis, covered), brief description cultural semiotics: culture, sociality, media texts, politics 10 Volumes and working formats Combination of lectures, basic texts (exam: pass/fail) and independent (independent work, class attendance: work where student collects articles (4-6) from the Journal of Social lecture, seminar, colloquia, practical Semiotics and write a review on them. work, e- learning, working practice etc.) 12 Independent work (list of works and Student collects articles (4-6) from the Journal of Social Semiotics and guidelines) write a review on them. The articles can be chosen according to the students own research interests. Essay max 15 pages, formulated as a review text or scientific discussion. 13 Compulsory and recommended study Pragmatism: A reader. Mehad, Lois (ed) (1997), Vintage Books, New materials York or Kilpinen, Erkki (2000) The Enormous Fly-Wheel of Society: Pragmatism’s habitual conception of Action and social theory. Univ. of , Dep. of Sociology, 235. Hodge, R & Kress, G (1988): Social Semiotics or Leeuwen, Theo van (2004): Introducing social semiotics. Routledge, London & New York. Wiley, Norbert (1994, rep): The Semiotic Self. Univ. of Chigaco Press. Halliday, M.A.K (1978): Language as Social Semiotic. The Social Interpretation of Language and or Lemke, J. L. (1995): Textual Politics, Discourse and Social Dynamics. Taylor & Francis, London 14 Additional information, course www

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SEMKNOW Course Syllabus: Interpretation and experience in semiotics

1 Name of the subject in English Interpretation and experience in semiotics 2 Volume (ECTS) 5 ects 3 Language of instruction English 4 Target groups (audience, level of studies) Doctoral students 5 Prerequisites for passing the subject Introductory course or equivalent (compulsory and recommended prerequisite subjects, prior qualification etc.) 6 General objectives of the subject The understanding of the semiotic theories and discussion on the relationship between interpretation and experience: how knowledge is always partial, semiotic formation from certain perspective, and how language and/or visual art is both giving room for the expression of experience and shaping it. 7 Learning objectives of the subject Knowledge on the relationship between text and experience, (speciality related skills and knowledge to knowledge on the difference between scientific interpretations of be acquired; generic skill) experience and/or how experience is analysed scientifically and the narratives of experience (linguistic, visual). Skills on analytical reading of experience from different types of material. 8 Ways and criteria of assessment. Requirements established to be allowed to take an exam or pass-fail evaluation/to resit an exam/to make up for missed or failed assignments 9 Content of the subject (themes to be Hermeneutic theory on experience, Ricoeur and , Irigaray’s covered), brief description theory on embodiment, system of , language and experience 10 Volumes and working formats 18 hours lectures, readings and seminar. The seminar includes (independent work, class attendance: individual works (mainly interpretation and semiotic analysis from the lecture, seminar, colloquia, practical material) that are analysed together. work, e- learning, working practice etc.) 12 Independent work (list of works and guidelines) 13 Compulsory and recommended study Peirce, C P (1994): Peirce on Signs: Writings on semiotic. Univ. of materials North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, chapters 8, 16 (or Collected Papers, vol 2, 281-302: What is Sign) Gadamer, Hans-Georg (1979): Truth and method. Sheed and Ward, London 1979. Ricoeur, Paul Ricoeur, Paul (1976): Interpretation Theory: discourse and the Surplus of Meaning. Texas Chrirstian University Press, Fort Worth. The Irigaray reader: Luce Irigaray. Whitford, M. (ed). 1991, Basil Blackwell, Oxford. Recommended: Evola, Vito (2010): Multimodal Semiotics of Spiritual Experiences: Repreenting Beliefs, Metaphors and Actions. In Parill, F & Turner, M. (eds): Form, Meaning and Body, Standford, 41-60. Ricoeur, Paul (1977): The Rule of Metaphor. The creation of meaning in language. Routledge, London and New York. Lemke, J. L. (2003): Analysing Verbal Data: Principles, methods and problems. In International Handbook of Science, Kluwer. Semetsky, Inna (ed) (2010): Semiotics, Education, Experience. Sense Publishers. 14 Additional information, course www

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SEMKNOW Course Syllabus: Images and communication

1 Name of the subject in English Images and communication 2 Volume (ECTS) 5 ects 3 Language of instruction English 4 Target groups (audience, level of studies) Doctoral students 5 Prerequisites for passing the subject Introductory module or equivalent (compulsory and recommended prerequisite subjects, prior qualification etc.) 6 General objectives of the subject The course aims are at familiarizing student with visual culture and visual communication and understanding the phenomenon of these

7 Learning objectives of the subject After the course students are able to address the visual phenomena (speciality related skills and knowledge to into practical visual analyses be acquired; generic skill) 8 Ways and criteria of assessment. Credits 5-1/failed Requirements established to be allowed to take an exam or pass-fail evaluation/to resit an exam/to make up for missed or failed assignments 9 Content of the subject (themes to be The concept of visual image covered), brief description 10 Volumes and working formats Lectures, discussions and presentations 30 hours, readings and (independent work, class attendance: writing essays, preparing the presentations (independent work 110 h) lecture, seminar, colloquia, practical work, e- learning, working practice etc.) 12 Independent work (list of works and Readings, writing essays, presentation guidelines) 13 Compulsory and recommended study Kress&VanLeeuwen: Reading images materials Kress&vanLeeuwen: Multimodal discourse (when applicable) Sonesson: Pictorial concepts (when applicable) Floch: Visual identities (when applicable) 14 Additional information, course www

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SEMKNOW Course Syllabus: Semiotics of the Body

1 Name of the subject in English Semiotics of the Body 2 Volume (ECTS) 5 ects 3 Language of instruction English 4 Target groups (audience, level of studies) Doctoral students 5 Prerequisites for passing the subject Introductory module or equivalent (compulsory and recommended prerequisite subjects, prior qualification etc.) 6 General objectives of the subject Advanced course on the ways in which the human body connects the self to the physical and material environment as well as to the social and cultural circuits of value and meaning. 7 Learning objectives of the subject After the course the student will have a theoretical and (speciality related skills and knowledge to methodological understanding on the semiotics of the body, be acquired; generic skill) corporeality and the materiality of human life and the corporeal roots and structures of signification, and thereby an ability to analyse textual, sensual and ethnographic data dealing with the body. 8 Ways and criteria of assessment. Listening to the lectures, active discussion, independent and reading Requirements established to be allowed group work on the chosen books, writing an individual assignment on to take an exam or pass-fail evaluation/to a topic related to semiotics of the body and presenting the results in resit an exam/to make up for missed or class (two compulsory books (or combinations of a book and an failed assignments article). 9 Content of the subject (themes to be The Body as a site of subjectivity, being, meaning system, lived covered), brief description experience, action, perception and intention, representation of meanings and values, and the foundation of knowledge of the world, the other and the self. 10 Volumes and working formats Lectures (12 h), independent reading and reading group sessions, (independent work, class attendance: seminar with presentations. lecture, seminar, colloquia, practical work, e- learning, working practice etc.) 12 Independent work (list of works and guidelines) 13 Compulsory and recommended study Welton, Donn ed. (1999) The Body. Blackwell. (obligatory reading) materials and one of the following books: Bennett, Jane (2010) Vibrant Matter. A political ecology of things. Durham and London: Duke University Press. Butler, Judith (2009) Frames of War. London and NY: Verso) AND Harrison, P. (2008) Corporeal remains: vulnerability, proximity, and living on after the end of the world. Environment and Planning A 40, 424-45. Kreydlin, Grigory (2010) Nonverbal communication in dance, theatre and art. In Eero Tarasti ed. Communication: Understanding/ Misunderstanding, Vol 2. 781-790. AND Massumi, B. (2002) Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation. Durham DC: Duke University Press. Merleau-Ponty, Maurice (1945/1962) Phenomenology of Perception. Routledge and Keagan Paul. Nancy, J.-L. (1997) The Sense of the World. Minnesota Press. Thrift, N. (2008) Non-representational Theory: Space, Politics, Affect. London: Routledge. Tuan, Y.-F. (1977) Space and Place. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Waskull, Dennis & Vannini, Phillip eds (2006) Body/ Embodiment. Symbolic Interaction and sociology of the body. Ashgate. 14 Additional information, course www

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SEMKNOW Course Syllabus: Legal semiotics

1 Name of the subject in English Legal Semiotics 2 Volume (ECTS) 5 ects 3 Language of instruction English 4 Target groups (audience, level of studies) doctoral students 5 Prerequisites for passing the subject 6 General objectives of the subject Advanced course on the ways in which various expressions and forms of legislation, legal institutions and legal practises connects the law to the social and cultural circuits of value and meaning. 7 Learning objectives of the subject After the course the student will have a theoretical and (speciality related skills and knowledge to methodological understanding on the semiotics of the law, the be acquired; generic skill) interaction between the normativity of law and the social structures of signification, and thereby an ability to analyse textual, cultural and ethnographic data contained in the law. 8 Ways and criteria of assessment. Listening to the lectures, active discussion, independent and reading Requirements established to be allowed group work on the chosen books, writing an individual assignment on to take an exam or pass-fail evaluation/to a topic related to semiotics of the body and presenting the results in resit an exam/to make up for missed or class (two compulsory books (or combinations of a book and an failed assignments article). 9 Content of the subject (themes to be The law as a site of normativity, meaning system, collective practises, covered), brief description individual action, representation of meanings and values, and the foundation of knowledge of the world, the other and the self. 10 Volumes and working formats Lectures (12 h), independent reading and reading group sessions, (independent work, class attendance: seminar with presentations. lecture, seminar, colloquia, practical work, e- learning, working practice etc.) 12 Independent work (list of works and guidelines) 13 Compulsory and recommended study Kevelson Roberta (1989) Law and Semiotics. New York : Plenum Press materials AND Prospects of Legal Semiotics Wagner, Anne; Broekman, Jan (Eds.) 1st Edition., 2011, XXV, 245 p. 5 illus., Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9342-4 (obligatory reading)

and one of the following books: Jackson Bernard S (1988) Law, Fact and Narrative Coherence. Deborah Charles Publications (hardback: ISBN 0-9513793-0-5 and paperback: ISBN 0-9513793-1-3) David R. Papke, ed., Narrative and the Legal Discourse (now out of print) Dragan Milovanovic, Postmodern Law and Disorder (ISBN 0-9513793- 3-X) Bernard S. Jackson, Making Sense in Law. Linguistic, Psychological and Semiotic Perspectives (hardback: ISBN 0-9513793-6-4; paperback: ISBN 0-9513793-7-2) Bernard S. Jackson, Making Sense in Jurisprudence (hardback: ISBN 0- 9513793-8-0 and paperback: ISBN 0-9513793-9-9) K. Tuori, Z. Bankowski and J. Uusitalo, eds., Law and Power. Critical and Socio-Legal Essays (ISBN 0-9528938-0-0) Anna Pintore and Mario Jori, eds., Law and Language. The Italian Analytical School (ISBN 0-9513793-5-6) Hanneke van Schooten, ed., Semiotics and Legislation. Jurisprudential, Institutional and Sociological Perspectives (ISBN 0- 9528938-3-5) 14 Additional information, course www

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