Thanks to the initiative of my colleague, Markus OPPOLZER, the annual conference on ‚comics research‘ (run by ComFor, the German…
Taste, Scent, Sound – Sensory Language
In various situations of use, language confronts serious expressive limitations and runs up against the ineffable, i.e. experiences that cannot…
Et voilà: A New Book on Multimodality – At Long Last
Edited volumes take particular patience, a high amount of cooperation and across-chapter coherence-generating skills. I found all these gifts in…
From Signing Practice to Semiotic Theory – and Back
The University of Potsdam and its ‚Virtual Centre for Cultural Semiotics‘ will be hosting a truly interesting event from 3…
Is there really such a Thing as Para-interaction? Basel Workshop
Ever since HORTON/WOHL (1956/1986) referred to the kind of virtual interaction between media makers and their anonymous and dispersed target…
Digital Art and Multimodal Argumentation in Ads
Digital image-making (especially visual compositing) has gained much ground in print advertising over the last two decades. Such fast technological…
Next Stop: Rome
For a Southern View of Multimodality at the A-mode conference Again, colleagues from Bremen and Salzburg put their heads together…
Opening Drawers and Toolboxes
A Diversity of Approaches in the Salzburg Workshop on Multimodal Methods Two days full of eye-opening presentations and engaging talk…
Sydney to Salzburg – At long last
Helen Caple comes to visit I am excited to have Helen CAPLE visit next week for our workshop on multimodal…
Another Stepping Stone to Multimodal Theory and Practice
Multimodality – Towards a New Discipline I am very much looking forward to a book that will see the light…
