Posts Tagged as ‘semiotics’

15 Oct 2008

Is there a right way to be ugly?

Watch the archived lecture by Umberto Eco of October 8, 2008 here. Scroll right to the bottom of the page and click the icon under “Watch” in the last column of the table.

Why would thousands of people in the US and Canada want to participate in a lecture entitled “An Illustrated Presentation on the History [...]

13 Apr 2008

“election day” italia

today and tomorrow represent two anxious days of voting in Italy. comparing the two main candidates, leaders of the PD (democratic party) and PDL (recently formed people of liberty) respectively, La Stampa compares these leading candidates in a manner that shows perhaps there are some ‘differences’ between the two. How would you interpret these signs?
  
  Veltroni images [...]