Quo Vadis? Technology and Semiotics Colloquium Held at the Conference Hall

Quo Vadis? Technology and Semiotics, a semiotics graduate course colloquium took place on 15th of June 2026 at 17:30 at the Conference Hall. The colloquium featured five presentations by graduate students currently enroled in the course, each exploring technology and human relations through the lens of semiotics.

The first presentation by Mehmet Polat Ürkmez, was entitled, “Why Do Films Change? Representation, Technology, and the Semiosphere” analysed Woke culture and how Woke culture could be read as a sign in the film industry. In “The Semiotics of Smart Audio: How Technology Constructs Trust Through Artificial Voice Characters,” Grace Murenje explored how smart audio technology is not just a technological development, but it is a sign regarding what we trust and why. The third presentation entitled, “Artificial Intelligence as an Apocalyptic Sign: A Semiotic Analysis of Contemporary Christian Interpretations of Revelation” by Kelvin Tapiwa Tsoka elaborated how and why AI is considered as an apocalyptic sign according to some Christian interpretations. In “The body and the city as interconnected signs and interfaces in the digital age,” Danish Charles Darnell Craig talked about touched on the relationship between digitalisation and contemporary life. In her paper “From Human Communication to AI Communication: How Artificial Intelligence Changes Meaning-Making in the Digital Age,” Arina Subbotina discussed whether meaning-making processes are changing because of AI usage.

Overall, the presentations have offered diverse perspectives on the relationship between technology, meaning-making, and human experience.