Registration is now open for "Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene II: An Online Symposium" sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics, to be held via Zoom on April 27th, 2024.
The symposium is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Here is the link for more information and to register:
https://generalsemantics.org/event-5683535Program Schedule:
All times listed are Eastern Daylight Savings Time
Greetings and Welcomings 8:45 AM EDT
Lance Strate, Fordham University, USA
Session I The Map is Not the Territory 9:00 AM to 10:15 AM
Chair: Eva Berger, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel
"Robothespian as Invocational Actant"
Chris Chesher, University of Sydney, Australia
"Pragmatic Analysis of Deixis in Indian Stand-up Comedy"
Tanima Bagchi, Shiv Nadar University Chennai, India
"Understanding the Experience of Secularism Through a General Semantics Perspective"
Asmita Kundu, Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics & Other Human Sciences, India
"It Touches Us: A Comprehensive Model for Explaining Preferences for Using Paper Media as an Alternative to Equivalent Digital Products"
David Levin, College of Management & Academic Studies, Israel
Session II Binding Time and Space 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Chair: Laura Trujillo Liñán, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
"AI Art and Prompts: Lost in Translation"
Eva Berger, College of Management & Academic Studies, Israel
"Time-Binding and Literacy in the Era of AI Growth"
Kasia Drogowska, Independent Scholar, Poland
"Not Merely a Continent: The Concept of Europe in the Ukrainian Language of the 16th to 18th Centuries"
Oleksandr Bohomolets-Barash, Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine
"The Law of Onto-Existential Unity: Ontophenomenology Reworks the Early Korzybski"
Mauro Ventola, Center for Ontological Transformation, Italy
Session III People in Quandaries 12:o0 Noon to 1:15 PM
Chair: Susan J. Drucker, Hofstra University, USA
"A Media Ecological Glance at Resilience in the 21st Century Multimodal Artistic Environment"
Olena Marina, Kerry Education and Training Board, Ireland,
& Igor Korolyov, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
"What is Documentation and How Do You Study It?"
Niels Windfeld Lund, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
"Depressing and Anxiogenic Environments: Digital Media and Its Discontents"
Adriana Braga, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Kenneth Burke, Alfred Korzybski, and Ontology: Charting a Path for Understanding the Anthropocene"
Ryan McCullough, West Liberty University, USA
Session IV Semantic Reactions 1:30 to 2:45 PM
Chair: Dom Heffer, Institute of General Semantics, UK
"Mapping the Territory: Active Listening and Active Feedback Processes in Meaning-Making"
Svetlana V. Grushina, Dartmouth College, USA
"Visualizing Complexity: Unifying Symbols Through Language Designed for Systems Theory"
R. Aaron Ball, Independent Scholar, Canada
"Reflections, Intentions, and Spirit Interventions: A Poetic Path in Public Health"
Donna Flayhan, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
"Human Rights and Technology: An Approach to Analyzing the Impact of Media on Society"
Laura Trujillo Liñán, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
"Doubling Down on Rationality: Teaching Langer in the Context of Extinction"
Heather Crandall, Gonzaga University, USA
"McLuhan Thinking with Kepes: Technology and Environments, Art and Awareness"
Jaqueline McLeod Rogers, University of Winnipeg, Canada
"Harold Innis's Final Course and the Capacity of Language"
Edward Comor, University of Western Ontario, Canada
"Easterbrook: The Fifth Business in the Innis and McLuhan Narrative"
Tom Cooper, Emerson College, USA
Concluding Remarks 6:00 PM
Lance Strate, Fordham University, USA