thanks,
fil,
for sending the link. i've looked into sebeok's "report" and am amazed how naive it reads 27 years later. even at his time i thought of semiotics as an unproductive conceptual framework. it is now clearer than ever
klaus krippendorff
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The URL for the Sebeok report is
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=6705990
Cheers.
Fil
On 27 March 2011 10:04, Harold Nelson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Derek
>
> I first came across this article many years ago which led to my giving the challenge to design students in different countries (architects to HCI) over the past few decades. The technical report is:
>
> Communication Measures to Bridge Ten Millennia, Thomas A. Sebeok of Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies, Indiana University
> Prepared for Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus OH, April 1984
> BMI/ONWI-532
> Distribution Category UC-70
>
> I would ask the students to do a timeline covering the past ten millennia before thinking about how to imagine the next ten. Reactions and responses from the students have covered a broad spectrum over the years.
>
> Regards
>
> Harold
> [...]
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