Fredrik Lindstrand

Towards a social and ethical view of semiosis : Examples from the museum

Foreword Geoff Whitty Introduction Margit Boeck, and Norbert Pachler Part I: Two personal views 1. Kress on Kress: Using a Method to Read a Life Bob Hodge 2. On Transformation: Reflections on the Work of, and Working with, Gunther Kress Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope Part II: Semiotics and Meaning-Making 3. Semiotic and Spatial Scope: Towards a Materialistic Semiotics Jan Blommaert 4. Proactive Design Theories of Sign Use: Reflections on Gunther Kress James Paul Gee 5. Making Meaning in Japanese: Orthographic Principles and Semiotic Meaning Potential Sean McGovern 6. Colour Schemes Theo van Leeuwen 7. On the Problematics of Visual Imagery jan jagodzinski 8. Mediated Frameworks for Participation Sonia Livingstone and Peter Lunt 9. The Search for Multimodality. Mimesis, Performativity, and Ritual Christoph Wulf 10. On Magical Language: Multimodality and the Power to Change Things Stephen Muecke 11. Multimodality and New Literacy Studies: Exploring Complimentarity Brian Street Part III: Shaping Knowledge: Agency in Learning and Design 12. Gunther Kress and Politics Ken Jones13. Transformation and Sign-Making: The Principles of Sketching in Designs for Learning Staffan Selander 14. Bildungssprache - A Case of Multiliteracies and Multimodalities Ingrid Gogolin 15. Kressian Moments in South African Classrooms: Multimodality, Representation, and Learning Denise Newfield 16. Voice as Design: Exploring Academic Voice in Multimodal Texts in Higher Education Arlene Archer 17. After Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Composition Jennifer Rowsell & Kate Pahl 18. Semiotic Work in the Apparently Mundane: Completing a Structured Worksheet Diane Mavers 19. Visual Communication in a Physics Course Jon Ogborn 20. From Error to Multimodal Semiosis: Reading Student Writing Differently Mary Scott 21. Encounters and (Missed) Opportunities - Rethinking Media and Communication Studies from a Multimodal Perspective Brigitte Hipfl Part IV: Knowing and Learning Beyond the Walls of the Traditional Education 22. Composition and Appropriation in a Culture Characterised by Provisionality Ben Bachmair and Norbert Pachler 23. Towards a Social and Ethical View of Semiosis: Examples from the Museum Eva Insulander and Fredrik Lindstrand 24. Multimodality and Digital Environments: An Illustrative Example of the Museum Visitor Experience Carey Jewitt 25. Making Meaning in the Operating Theatre Roger Kneebone 26. Learning, Design and Performance: Towards a Semiotic-Ethnographic Account of Surgical Simulation Jeff Bezemer