English abstract: Psychological processes internal to the individual, as well as those of a symbolic, discursive or cognitive nature, are built on the basis of social interaction, and—given that social interaction exists prior to individuals, exceeds them in complexity, and forms them—the development of consciousness, and of communicative and sym…[Read more]

The focus of this issue is on environmental aesthetics, with the aim of exploring the various aspects of aesthetic appreciation. Environmental Aesthetics: Socio-Territorial Conflicts throughout Media is part of a session that I organized at the IV International ISA Forum, Porto Alegre, held on February 23–27, 2021, for the Research Committee on S…[Read more]

overview on the history of the card game “Höllfahren” or “in die Höll”

Spanish Abstract: ´Peeping Tom´ (dir. Michael Powell, 1960), un clásico del cine de culto, nos sumerge en una intensa experiencia metafílmica. A base de acumulación mediática, repetición, inserción semiótico-perceptual, marcos dentro de marcos, y reflexividad casi hasta el infinito, saca la película un partido extraordinario a la semiótica…[Read more]

Spanish Abstract: ´Peeping Tom´ (dir. Michael Powell, 1960), un clásico del cine de culto, nos sumerge en una intensa experiencia metafílmica. A base de acumulación mediática, repetición, inserción semiótico-perceptual, marcos dentro de marcos, y reflexividad casi hasta el infinito, saca la película un partido extraordinario a la semiótica…[Read more]

Según la epistemología de Xavier Zubiri, nuestra sensación de la realidad, la organización misma de nuestra percepción tanto del mundo externo como del mundo interno, no es “pura sensación”, sino que está mediatizada por esquemas de representación y por relaciones semióticas importadas de actos cognitivos anteriores (y así más que conocer, r…[Read more]

‘Folk horror’ has often been considered, following Mark Gatiss’ description of the genre, as centrally focused on a particular ‘obsession with the British landscape, its folklore, and superstitions’. While these elements are clearly significant, they become more problematic when opening up the genre to include texts from beyond Britain. Not only…[Read more]

In a groundbreaking endeavour to triangulate three important traditions of our collective cultural heritage, the Arkeologisk Museum of the University of Stavanger presents Eden and Everything After, a conceptual exhibition organised around notions of the loss of – and slim hope of reconnection with – the lost paradise. Mirroring the boldly exp…[Read more]