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Book 2019.0

Multiculturalism as Multimodal Communication

Alin Olteanu

Edition
1 edition

Culture Springer Cham 9783030178826 Available

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Other title information: A Semiotic Perspective

Annotation: This highly readable book develops a numanistic, and specifically semiotic approach to multiculturalism. It reveals how semiotics provides fresh and valuable insights into multiculturalism: in contrast to the binary logic of dualistic philosophy, semiotic logic does not understand the value of truth in rigid terms of ‘true’ or ‘false’, ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ only. The value of truth resides in meaning, which is a dynamic, evolutionary phenomenon, rooted, nevertheless, in factuality. Drawing on recent developments in biosemiotics, the book presents a theoretical approach to multiculturalism, regarding the lives of people living in multicultural environments. Rather than analyzing political or economic phenomena, it offers a semiotic analysis of multiculturalism and discusses its educational implications. It also invites readers to regard learning as a phenomenon of ecological sign growth and to understand multiculturalism along the same lines. As such, it brings together the life and social sciences and the humanities in a unified perspective, in an approach fitting postmodernism.

Identifier: 9783030178826

Status: Available

Book 1996.0

Analysing performance

edited by Patrick Campbell

Arts - performing | visual Manchester University Press 071904250X Available

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Other title information: a critical reader

Annotation: Each chapter tackles the theory and practice of contemporary performance work, and enables students and teachers to see what is at stake in analysing dance, drama, music and videos

Identifier: 071904250X

Status: Available