Homepage for zoosemiotics project

The Estonian Science Foundation research grant "Dynamical zoosemiotics and animal representations", where I am one of the main investigators, now has a homepage.

The main objectives of the research project are:
1. reinterpreting and elaborating classical zoosemiotic theory, working with and analyzing T. A. Sebeok’s zoosemiotic library;
2. developing semiotic tools for analyzing sign relationships that extend beyond the limits of culture; practical analysis of sample cases;
3. studying semiotic strategies and evolution of representative forms used for depicting animals in myths, literature and visual culture;
4. including environment in the analysis of communication between humans and animals; regarding changing communicative relationships as an object for zoosemiotic research.

The first major activity of the project was to arrange the Animal Minds workshop, Feb. 9.-10.