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Papers by Sonia Andreou

The fugue of five senses. Semiotics of shifting sensorium: Selected proceedings from the 11th international conference of the Hellenic Semiotics Society

From the beginning of the 1990s, the so-called minor senses evoked interest in the fields of cult... more From the beginning of the 1990s, the so-called minor senses evoked interest in the fields of cultural history, sociology, anthropology and philosophy, questioning the parallel advances of visual studies thus leading away from the hegemony of vision. The title of 11th International Conference on Semiotics «The Fugue of the Five Senses: Semiotics of the Shifting Sensorium» that was co-organized by the Hellenic Semiotics Society and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the AUTh in Thessaloniki (14th -16th October 2016) alludes to the emblematic chapter «The Fugue of the Five Senses» written by Claude Lévi-Strauss (1964) and reflects the growing interest of the Hellenic semiotic community in the field of senses. The conference aimed at exploring and furthering the understanding of the contemporary shifting sensorium

Constructing Official Culture through Stamps: The Case of the Republic of Cyprus

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2017

Abstract This study addresses the official culture of the Republic of Cyprus as it has been promo... more Abstract This study addresses the official culture of the Republic of Cyprus as it has been promoted through the postage stamps released by the state between 1960 and 2013. The theoretical framework of this study is derived from relevant theories on the cultivation of official cultures, through visual communication, specifically postage stamps, in association with the social and political situation concerning the Republic of Cyprus. The corpus has been analysed using quantitative content analysis and the development of certain categories in relation to landmark dates for the country’s history has been studied. According to the findings, the official culture of the state has favoured topics that highlight the island’s long history and has accentuated the importance of religion as part of the official repertoire. Nonetheless, there are strong indications deriving from the analysis of the corpus that there has been a shift in the representation of the official culture since the country became a member of the EU.

Semiotica, 2017

The current study addresses the gender roles and the stereotypes produced in the context of Cypri... more The current study addresses the gender roles and the stereotypes produced in the context of Cypriot society, through their representations on postage stamps produced by the Republic of Cyprus from 1960 to 2013. The theoretical framework employed derives from relevant theories on social roles’ divisions based on gender, as well as the way these roles and stereotypes are expressed through images. The corpus has been analyzed by means of content analysis and semiotic analysis was employed in order to explore how the theoretical framework complies with selected stamps from the content analysis in respect of non-verbal signs. According to the findings, the role of women on stamp representations seems to be secondary and tied with emotional qualities, while men seem to hold a more prominent position in the society. This fact is reflected both on the quantity of stamps representing each gender in the respective thematic categories, as well as, on the selected stamps studied with semiotic a...

Gendering the Nation: Female Representations on Cyprus Postage Stamps

Proceedings of the world congress of the IASS/AIS, 2015

The fugue of five senses. Semiotics of shifting sensorium: Selected proceedings from the 11th international conference of the Hellenic Semiotics Society

From the beginning of the 1990s, the so-called minor senses evoked interest in the fields of cult... more From the beginning of the 1990s, the so-called minor senses evoked interest in the fields of cultural history, sociology, anthropology and philosophy, questioning the parallel advances of visual studies thus leading away from the hegemony of vision. The title of 11th International Conference on Semiotics «The Fugue of the Five Senses: Semiotics of the Shifting Sensorium» that was co-organized by the Hellenic Semiotics Society and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the AUTh in Thessaloniki (14th -16th October 2016) alludes to the emblematic chapter «The Fugue of the Five Senses» written by Claude Lévi-Strauss (1964) and reflects the growing interest of the Hellenic semiotic community in the field of senses. The conference aimed at exploring and furthering the understanding of the contemporary shifting sensorium

Constructing Official Culture through Stamps: The Case of the Republic of Cyprus

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2017

Abstract This study addresses the official culture of the Republic of Cyprus as it has been promo... more Abstract This study addresses the official culture of the Republic of Cyprus as it has been promoted through the postage stamps released by the state between 1960 and 2013. The theoretical framework of this study is derived from relevant theories on the cultivation of official cultures, through visual communication, specifically postage stamps, in association with the social and political situation concerning the Republic of Cyprus. The corpus has been analysed using quantitative content analysis and the development of certain categories in relation to landmark dates for the country’s history has been studied. According to the findings, the official culture of the state has favoured topics that highlight the island’s long history and has accentuated the importance of religion as part of the official repertoire. Nonetheless, there are strong indications deriving from the analysis of the corpus that there has been a shift in the representation of the official culture since the country became a member of the EU.

Semiotica, 2017

The current study addresses the gender roles and the stereotypes produced in the context of Cypri... more The current study addresses the gender roles and the stereotypes produced in the context of Cypriot society, through their representations on postage stamps produced by the Republic of Cyprus from 1960 to 2013. The theoretical framework employed derives from relevant theories on social roles’ divisions based on gender, as well as the way these roles and stereotypes are expressed through images. The corpus has been analyzed by means of content analysis and semiotic analysis was employed in order to explore how the theoretical framework complies with selected stamps from the content analysis in respect of non-verbal signs. According to the findings, the role of women on stamp representations seems to be secondary and tied with emotional qualities, while men seem to hold a more prominent position in the society. This fact is reflected both on the quantity of stamps representing each gender in the respective thematic categories, as well as, on the selected stamps studied with semiotic a...

Gendering the Nation: Female Representations on Cyprus Postage Stamps

Proceedings of the world congress of the IASS/AIS, 2015