Semiotics of Monuments: Politics & Form from the 20th to the 21st century

While hailing from diverse research communities (visual culture, cultural anthropology, art history, cognitive semiotics), and dealing with case studies in different temporal and geographical contexts, the articles presented in this volume address the two basic questions outlined above. The first question concerns the dynamics at the intersection of history, memory and political power in the meaning of monuments and memorial culture today, the second examines the specific techniques of this meaning-making process. The issue also contains two special sections, comprising of original essays and artworks that thematize monuments and commemoration, and explore the poetic aspects of signification and semiotic approaches to making art.