(in Polish) Non-alphabetic Writing Systems and Graphic Communication: A Theoretical Approach 1500-SI-NAWSAGCATAI
The seminar "Non-alphabetic Writing Systems and Graphic Communication: A Theoretical Approach" concentrates on the most recent theories of writing and the semiotic and cognitive operating principles of non-alphabetic writing systems and, in general, graphic communication systems from all over the world. It is dedicated to the PhD students who work on ancient writing systems such as Mesoamerican or Egyptian, contemporary non-alphabetic writing such as Chinese or Japanese, scripts more debatable in nature such as Naxi or Kuna, graphic and/or visual communication systems from native America (Andean and Amazonian regions), Africa, and from the contemporary globalized world. Participants working on the visual aspects of spoken and sign languages are also welcome. The seminar focuses on acquiring methodological tools elaborated by visual semiotics, tropological semiotics, and cognitive linguistics, as well as by codicology, grammatology, iconology, visual poetics and grammar, ethnomathematics, and others, with the primary goal to elaborate eclectic methodology and theory useful for the object of study.
The main subjects to be treated are:
- (Basics of) Cognitive Linguistics for the study of systems of writing and graphic communication
- (Basics of) Cognitive Neuroscience for the study of systems of writing and graphic communication, literacy and numeracy
- Semiology of visual narratives (comics, Mesoamerican codices, among others)
- Multimodality in graphic communication systems
- Terminology in studies of systems of writing and graphic communication
- Mediascapes in the postcolonial approach
The choice of subjects will be widened according to the subjects of participants’ doctoral dissertations.
Please note that the aforementioned topics will not be presented in a way proper for monographic courses. The idea of the seminar is that the participants will take part in an in-depth discussion of a selected topic after a broad reading.
Meeting dates: (1st semester) October 3, October 24, November 7, November 21, November 28, December 12, January 9, January 23, (2nd semester) February 20, March 6, March 20, April 24, May 15, May 29
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Term 2024Z:
The seminar "Non-alphabetic Writing Systems and Graphic Communication: A Theoretical Approach" concentrates on the most recent theories of writing and the semiotic and cognitive operating principles of non-alphabetic writing systems and, in general, graphic communication systems from all over the world. It is dedicated to the PhD students who work on ancient writing systems such as Mesoamerican or Egyptian, contemporary non-alphabetic writing such as Chinese or Japanese, scripts more debatable in nature such as Naxi or Kuna, graphic and/or visual communication systems from native America (Andean and Amazonian regions), Africa, and from the contemporary globalized world. The seminar focuses on acquiring methodological tools elaborated by visual semiotics, tropological semiotics, and cognitive linguistics, as well as by codicology, grammatology, iconology, visual poetics and grammar, ethnomathematics, and others, with the main goal to elaborate eclectic methodology and theory useful for the object of study. The main subjects to be treated are: |
Type of course
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
A very active participation of the doctoral student in class and in discussions based on previous diligent reading of texts (50% of the grade)
Preparation of one article OR (any) chapter of the PhD dissertation OR participation with a paper related to the topic of the seminar in an international symposium (50% of the final grade). If the above paper is handed in in September, it will be accepted for corrective credit
permissible total number of excused and unexcused absences: 6
allowable number of unexcused absences: 3
Bibliography
- Cohen, M., & Glover, J. (Eds.). (2014). Colonial mediascapes: Sensory worlds of the early Americas. Part I: “Beyond textual media”. University of Nebraska Press.
- Evans, V., & Green, M. (2006). Cognitive linguistics: An introduction. Edinburgh University Press. (Selected fragments).
- McLuhan, M. (1962). The Gutenberg galaxy: The making of typographic man. University of Toronto Press. (Selected fragments).
- McLuhan, M. (1964). Understanding media: The extensions of man. A Signet Book. (Selected fragments).
- Meletis, D. (2020). The nature of writing: A theory of grapholinguistics. Fluxus Editions.
- Petterson, J. S. (1996). Grammatological studies: Writing and its relation to speech (Reports from Uppsala University, Department of Linguistics RUUL #29). Uppsala. ISBN 91-506-1170-4. (Selected fragments).
- Powell, A. B., & Frankenstein, M. (Eds.). (1997). Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in mathematics education. State University of New York Press.
- Ungerer, F., & Schmid, H.-J. (2006). An introduction to cognitive linguistics. Routledge. (Selected fragments).
- Vandendorpe, C. (1999). From papyrus to hypertext: Toward the universal digital library. University of Illinois Press. https://monoskop.org/images/5/5a/Vandendorpe_Christian_From_Papyrus_to_Hypertext_Toward_the_Universal_Digital_Library_1999.pdf
- Readings proposed by the seminar participants according to their necessities
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Term 2024Z:
- Ungerer, Friedrich & Hans-Jörg Schmid (2006) An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics. Routledge (selected fragments) |
Notes
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Term 2024Z:
A very active participation of the doctoral student in class and in discussions based on previous diligent reading of texts (50% of the grade) permissible total number of excused and unexcused absences: 6 |
Term 2025Z:
The seminar focuses on acquiring methodological tools elaborated by visual semiotics, tropological semiotics, and cognitive linguistics, as well as by codicology, grammatology, iconology, visual poetics and grammar, ethnomathematics, and others, with the main goal to elaborate an eclectic methodology and theory useful for the object of study. |
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