The
international journal Versus (or VS, as is often known) is preparing a thematic
issue about "Semiotics of Dissimulation". Versus is a Semiotic
journal, dealing also with Theory and Philosophy of language, and it was
founded in 1971 by Umberto Eco, who has been its director until February 2016.
Versus is currently directed by Patrizia Violi.
Versus –
Quaderni di studi semiotici is soliciting original articles for a special issue
dedicated to semiotics of concealment and strategies of deceit.
The aim of
the publication is to pinpoint contemporary practices of cryptic communication,
in different cultural and cognitive contexts, adopting both a diachronic and a
comparative perspective addressed to a better understanding of their meaning
processes. The age of globalisation has brought an undeniable inclination
towards secret expressions and deception in various socio-cultural levels and
cultures.
