SIMONE MORGAGNI
| University: | Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
LIAS-IMM - UMR 8178 EHESS/CNRS 54 boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris (France) Telephone: +33 (0)1 49 54 20 71 Fax: +33 (0)1 49 54 24 25 Email: lias@ehess.fr Website: http://ehess.anthropologielinguistique.fr/ethnopragmatique/accueil.html |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Interfaces between semiotic and cognitive science
- New digital media
- General semiotic
- Metaphors
- Iconism
EDUCATION
| 2008 - | Phd Candidate in Linguistic (Doctorat en Sciences Sociales - spécialité Sciences du Langage) & Phd Candidate in Semiotic (Dottorato in semiotica)
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (SUM) Title of the thesis: Pratiques et construction de l’icônisme: la non immédiateté du direct (Usagers et information visuelle en contexte ferroviaire) Reference at EHESS: Michel de Fornel Reference at SUM: Maria-Patrizia Violi |
| 2006 - 2008 | 2nd cycle degree in Linguistic and Semiotic (Master recherche en Sciences Sociales - spécialité Sciences du Langage)
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Grade: Très bien Title of the thesis: Pratiques d’émergence sémiotique: une analyse de l’interface multitouche d’Apple Reference: Michel de Fornel |
| 2003 - 2006 | 1st cycle degree in Communication Sciences (Laurea triennale in Scienze della Comunicazione)
Università di Bologna Grade: 110/110 e lode Title of the thesis: Il Mulino Bianco: ritmo e tradizione Reference: Cristina Demaria |
| 1998 - 2003 | Scientific High School Diploma (Maturità scientifica minisperimentale PNI)
Liceo scientifico Augusto Righi (Cesena) Grade: 94/100 |
PUBLICATIONS
PAPERS
1. Enacting Computer Icons. The Dynamics of Interpretation between Forms and Diagrams, in Proceedings of The Arco’09 Conference: Interprétation et problématiques du sens, 2009. (with Riccardo Fusaroli) (forthcoming)
2. Affordances as possible actions: elements for a semiotic approach, in Proceedings of the 10th World Congress of Semiotics, 2009. (forthcoming)
3. Pratiques d’usage et valorisation esthétique des objets technologiques, in Actes de la journée d’étude L’objet entre art et design, L’Harmattan, Paris. (forthcoming)
4. Montages signifiants: les icônes d’Apple iPhone entre texte et image, in Signes Discours et Sociétés, n.2, 2008.
5. Le banlieue francesi: una crisi di ‘rappresentazione’, published in March 2006 and online on the SIFP [Società Italiana di Filosofia Politica] website. http://www.sifp.it.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Elementi per una nozione espansa di schiavitù: tecnologie di sorveglianza e servitù involontaria, dialogue with P.A.Chardel, G.Periès and M.Tibon-Cornillot, in Il senso della Repubblica. Schiavitù, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2009.
2. La schiavitù e l’informazione. Google e la nuova tecnologia della ricerca, in Il senso della Repubblica. Schiavitù, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2009.
3. Nuove forme di (auto)organizzazione della protesta politica. La primavera studentesca francese del 2006 e i nuovi media, in Il senso della Repubblica. Doveri, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2007.
TRANSLATIONS
1. Politics as War, War as Politics, Etienne Balibar, in Teoria Politica n.2/2008.
2. Le retour de la race: un cosmopolitisme inversé?, Etienne Balibar, in Rivista trimestrale di Scienza dell’Amministrazione n.4/2007.
3. La mensuration des discriminations raciales: l’usage des statistiques dans les politiques publiques, Patrick Simon , in Rivista trimestrale di Scienza dell’Amministrazione n.4/2007.
4. Tocqueville dans le républicanisme français. Filiations et ruptures, Serge Audier , in Il senso della Repubblica. Doveri, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2007.
5. La construction du racisme, Etienne Balibar, in Differenza razziale, razzismo e discriminazioni in una società multiculturale, Thomas Casadei e Lucia Re (a cura di), Diabasis, Reggio Emilia, 2007 (with Thomas Casadei).
CONFERENCES WITH PROCEEDINGS
1. 9-11 Dec. 2009 Enacting computer icons. The dynamics of interpretation between forms and diagrams, Arco’09, Université de Rouen - Rouen (France) (forthcoming)
2. 23 Oct. 2009 Exploring GUI Metaphors in the continuity of meaning construction, The dynamics of metaphors I, Århus Universitet - Århus (Denmark) (forthcoming)
3. 24 Sept. 2009 Affordances as possible actions: elements for a semiotic approach, 10th World Congress of Semiotics, A Coruña (Spain)
4. 11 June 2009 Ecologie et cognition: enjeux et limites d’une transposition épistémologique, 8eme Colloque Jeunes Chercheurs en Sciences Cognitives, Université Toulouse I -Toulouse (France)
5. 10 Oct. 2008 La reconstruction esthétique des produits technologiques, Journée d’étude L’objet entre art et design, Université Paul Verlaine - Metz (France)
TEACHING / ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
| 2009 - | Research assistant at Textes et Littératures research group at Centre de Recherche sur les Arts et le Langage (CRAL - EHESS/CNRS).
Among other tasks I created and I’m charged for the administration of the narratology group’s website (http://narratologie.ehess.fr/) Reference: John Pier |
| 2009 - | Creation and administration of the research group Atelier Dynamiques Métaphoriques (ADM) at LIAS-IMM |
| 2008 - | Editor at Laboratorio Forme della discriminazione, istituzioni e azioni positive (LABdi -Università di Modena e Reggio-Emilia/Regione Emilia-Romagna)
http://www.form-azione.it/labdi/index.html Reference: Thomas Casadei |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| 2009 - 2012 | Industrial Phd Grant CIFRE (3 years) at Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) to analyze the user’s visual information systems
Reference: Isabelle Le Saux |
RESEARCH PROJECTS / EVENTS ORGANISATION
| 23 Oct. 2009 | Co-organized, with Riccardo Fusaroli The Dynamics of Metaphors I workshop, Århus Universitet - Århus (Denmark) |
GRANTS
| 6-11 Sept. 2009 | EHESS - TELECOM & Management SudParis Grant for the Pratiques des images dans la société de l’information et de la connaissance summer school, Ile de Porquerolles (France) |
| 2009 - 2012 | Industrial Phd Grant CIFRE (3 years) at Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) to analyze the user’s visual information systems
Reference: Isabelle Le Saux |
| 10-14 Sept. 2007 | EHESS - INT Grant for the Identifier les individus: logiques technologiques, logiques sociales summer school, Saint Raphael (France) |
| Sept. 2005 - June 2006 - | European Union Erasmus Grant for a year of exchange study at Université Paris VIII Vincennes - Saint Denis. |
LINGUISTIC SKILLS
- Italian: Mother Tongue.
- French: Excellent passive and active competence.
- English: Good passive and active competence.
INFORMATIC SKILLS
- Very comfortable with both Windows and MacOs and comfortable with Linux (Ubuntu).
- Good skills with the Microsoft Office suite, Macromedia Freehand, Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Wordpress and Lodel.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Association pour la Recherche Cognitive (ARCO): http://www.arco.asso.fr/
- European Narratology Network (ENN): http://www.narratology.net/
OTHER EXPERIENCES
- Creation and administration of the Italian political reflection website La tua stagione (http://www.latuastagione.it)
- Collaboration with some Italian online journals: Nazione Indiana and Agli Incroci dei venti (http://www.agliincrocideiventi.it)
- Publication of some poetic works:
- E Londra è il nostro tempo, Lulupress, 2008
- Participation at the poetic anthology Stagioni, Editrice Lieto Colle, 2007
- Participation at the poetic anthology Poesie - Premio Cuorediafano, Imma e Paolo Editori, 2006
- Worked as a journalist for a local newspaper and as a lifeguard during three summer seasons.
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