Nefret-iabet stela, 4th Dynasty, 2590-2565 BC, Musée du Louvre, Paris, E 15591, Photo: Lanmas / Alamy Stock Foto

Multimodal analysis is an emerging research field, with more open questions than clear answers or fully established concepts (and methodologies). At the same time, it is a promising and exciting field that makes possible many interdisciplinary approaches, methods, and opportunities for collaboration. The conference aims at promoting this kind of exchange across disciplinary borders and brings together experts from various disciplines working on text-image compositions from empirical, methodological, and / or theoretical perspectives. The goal is to discuss the definition and theoretical analysis of the diachronic and cultural (in)variance of such text-image compositions as well as the semiotic principles of their organization.

Researchers from Ancient Studies (Classics, Egyptology, Near Eastern Studies), Precolumbian Studies, Sinology, Linguistics, Media and Communication Studies, Visual Studies, and Semiotics will examine topics such as the multimodality of graphic communication, the specificity of logographic writing systems, as well as the role of iconicity and indexicality in semiotic processes. In addition to the discussion of individual aspects of research, space for discussion about the applicability of theories and models to other disciplines is also provided within the conference.

The conference comprises three main subject areas:

  • Iconicity and indexicality in visual communication systems
  • Analysis of text-image compositions in individual languages
  • Theory of text-image composition.

 

For registration please contact: Lisa Seelau (lisa.seelau@web.de).

Program

26.7.2017
13:00 - 14:00
Registration
14:00 - 14:30
Welcome and Introduction
14:30 - 15:15
Winfried Nöth
15:15 - 16:00
Frederik Stjernfelt
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:15
Aleksandra Lapčić
17:15 - 18:00
Dominik Bonatz
27.7.2017
09:30 - 10:15
Marian Olech
10:15 - 11:00
Daniel A. Werning
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:15
Orly Goldwasser
Annick Payne
12:15 - 13:00
Frank Kammerzell
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch Break
14:15 - 15:00
Simon Thuault
15:00 - 15:45
John Baines
15:45 - 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:00
Agnieszka Hamann
17:00 - 17:45
Gordon Whittaker
17:45 - 18:30
Viola König
19:30 - 22:00
Conference Dinner
28.7.2017
09:30 - 10:15
Niv Allon
10:15 - 11:00
Elisabeth Günther geb. Löser
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00
Ellen Fricke
12:00 - 12:45
Klaus Sachs-Hombach
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:45
Gunther Kress
14:45 - 15:30
Hartmut Stöckl
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45
John A. Bateman
16:45 - 17:30
Rebecca Eugénie Döhl
Silvia Kutscher
17:30 - 18:00
Final Discussion