CFP: Semiotics, Arts and Reality

Title:

Semiotics, Arts and Reality

Guest editor:

Małgorzata Gamrat

Journal:

Studia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies)

http://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/

Deadline for submissions:

the end of January 2025

Description

Studia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies) invites submissions for a special issue of the journal. Papers should be written in English and prepared for blind review.

Art can reflect reality, describe it appropriately, comment on it, or even create its reality. It contributes to the creation of the multiverse, multi-reality, and the perception of reality in many layers. This applies to each field of art – from the most traditional ones (related to word, sound, or image) to the most recent multi- and transmedial. Art is also a tool for interpersonal communication, often using signs and symbols as the basic element that serves, among other things, to respond to reality. For this reason, semiotics is an excellent tool for examining works of art, regardless of the field to which they belong. I propose a common reflection on those topics and search the response to the following questions:

Which means are used in the different arts to react to, describe, and create reality?

Which codes are used by artists to present reality?

How do arts / artists describe reality?

How do codes and signs function in artistic reality?

Which tools do semiotics offer us for the research into these topics?

The suggested length of the text is approximately 6000-9000 words.

Please submit your articles before the end of January 2025 to both email addresses: Małgorzata Gamrat: [email protected] and Dominik Dziecic: [email protected]

All submitted papers will be double-blind peer-reviewed.

About the journal:

Studia Semiotyczne (Semiotic Studies) is a journal founded in 1970 by Jerzy Pelc, its editor-in-chief until 2015. Between 1970 and 2015, Studia Semiotyczne was published non-periodically (during that period, 29 volumes were published). In December 2015, Studia Semiotyczne was transformed into a six-monthly print and Internet publication. Papers accepted for publication in the journal revolve around various aspects of semiotics (conceived in the Morris-Carnap sense) and philosophy. Papers submitted as articles are subject to a double-blind peer review. Studia Semiotyczne is an open-access journal published by The Polish Semiotic Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne).

The journal is present in Academica, BazHum, CEEOL, CEJSH, DOAJ, EBSCO Discovery Service, ERIH Plus, Index Copernicus, Library of Science, Philosopher’s Index, PhilPapers, Polona, Scopus and Web of Science. The journal is also ranked by the following national agencies for scholarly evaluation:

- ANVUR (Italy): both as a scientific journal and as an A-Class (area 11),

- MEiN (Poland).