Understanding heritage through the concepts of Semiosphere and Encyclopedia:

Joint lecture with Tallinn University, organized within the framework of the course “Digital Cultural Heritage: Memory, Archives and Storytelling in the Digital Age”, promoted by the DIGHT-net project (further information is available here) and in collaboration with the course of Semiotics of Cultural Heritage (MA in Semiotics).

Topic: Sign systems, modelling, digital semiosphere, cultural semiotics, Juri Lotman and Umberto Eco, meaning making in digital cultural heritage. 

The lecture will be structured in three parts:

• In the first part, Professor Daniele Monticelli will introduce Lotman and the model of the semiosphere.

• In the second part, Francesco Mazzucchelli will present Umberto Eco’s model of the Encyclopedia.

• The final thirty minutes will be devoted to a joint discussion between the two classes, with students in Bologna attending in person and students in Tallinn connected remotely.