Kathryn Staiano-Ross
Biographic Data
| ID | 5978828 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Staiano-Ross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Staiano-Ross |
| SIGNATURE | STAIANO-ROSS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Propositions for a biocultural semiotics
The author has used the term ‘biocultural semiotics’ in her previous work, but has never defined this field. She presents twelve propositions that describe and motivate a biocultural semiotics. The author draws on thirty years of field work in Belize and her previous research in cultural and bio-semiotics in support of each of the propositions. Propositions include: biology and culture are so bound as to make a discussion of either without inclus…
Burqa and the human umwelt
We all construct models of the world by which we make sense of the phenomena we encounter. But rarely is the model of the women who wear the burqa considered. We hold that the world must be perceived through the body of the other before meaning can be assessed. We argue that the burqa is not an object, but a set of human relationships. It has no singular interpretant by which it can be understood. It is a highly nuanced semiosic phenomenon that w…
An early semiotic
The origin of a system of thought today referred to as Semiotic(s) is typically traced to sixth century BCE Greek philosophy and medicine. It is argued here, however, that semiotics should not be seen as the exclusive product of western thought and that a parallel semiotics – a systematic exploration and organization of signs in a world constructed of signs – developed in early Chinese philosophy and medicine at approximately the same time or ear…
Quarantine
Disease is never truly a thing, but always an event. It is polysemic, multilayered, historically full, and dynamic. It is constructed over time and encumbered with interpretants according to the needs and preconceptions of those who argue they search only for the truth. The act of quarantining an individual or a community is an expression of governmental power, equal in its effect and the strength of its narrative to the government's authority to…
Wounded warriors
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Within five days, forty-one countries began deploying troops to Saudia Arabia in a buildup of mass manpower and weaponry. On the morning of January 16, 1991, Coalition troops began intensive air strikes. On February 24, 1991, the ground war began. It lasted a mere one hundred hours. There were 148 combat deaths among Coalition troops. Troops were home by June. It had been by all accounts the ‘perfe…
Losing myself
Ownership of the body, its organs, tissues, marrow, fluids, secretions, and other component parts and products must always be contested, for what appears to belong to the individual may instead be turned into property at the expense of the individual and to the benefit of the social collectivity. Legal discourse relies upon and supports scientific discourse. Both are the product and the producer of utilitarian commercial interests. Collectively, …
Memes, genes, and the sickness/healing adaptation
Propositions for a biocultural semiotics
The author has used the term ‘biocultural semiotics’ in her previous work, but has never defined this field. She presents twelve propositions that describe and motivate a biocultural semiotics. The author draws on thirty years of field work in Belize and her previous research in cultural and bio-semiotics in support of each of the propositions. Propositions include: biology and culture are so bound as to make a discussion of either without inclus…
Quarantine
Disease is never truly a thing, but always an event. It is polysemic, multilayered, historically full, and dynamic. It is constructed over time and encumbered with interpretants according to the needs and preconceptions of those who argue they search only for the truth. The act of quarantining an individual or a community is an expression of governmental power, equal in its effect and the strength of its narrative to the government's authority to…
Wounded warriors
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Within five days, forty-one countries began deploying troops to Saudia Arabia in a buildup of mass manpower and weaponry. On the morning of January 16, 1991, Coalition troops began intensive air strikes. On February 24, 1991, the ground war began. It lasted a mere one hundred hours. There were 148 combat deaths among Coalition troops. Troops were home by June. It had been by all accounts the ‘perfe…
Memes, genes, and the sickness/healing adaptation
Losing myself
Ownership of the body, its organs, tissues, marrow, fluids, secretions, and other component parts and products must always be contested, for what appears to belong to the individual may instead be turned into property at the expense of the individual and to the benefit of the social collectivity. Legal discourse relies upon and supports scientific discourse. Both are the product and the producer of utilitarian commercial interests. Collectively, …
Wounded warriors
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Within five days, forty-one countries began deploying troops to Saudia Arabia in a buildup of mass manpower and weaponry. On the morning of January 16, 1991, Coalition troops began intensive air strikes. On February 24, 1991, the ground war began. It lasted a mere one hundred hours. There were 148 combat deaths among Coalition troops. Troops were home by June. It had been by all accounts the ‘perfe…
Quarantine
Disease is never truly a thing, but always an event. It is polysemic, multilayered, historically full, and dynamic. It is constructed over time and encumbered with interpretants according to the needs and preconceptions of those who argue they search only for the truth. The act of quarantining an individual or a community is an expression of governmental power, equal in its effect and the strength of its narrative to the government's authority to…
An early semiotic
The origin of a system of thought today referred to as Semiotic(s) is typically traced to sixth century BCE Greek philosophy and medicine. It is argued here, however, that semiotics should not be seen as the exclusive product of western thought and that a parallel semiotics – a systematic exploration and organization of signs in a world constructed of signs – developed in early Chinese philosophy and medicine at approximately the same time or ear…
Burqa and the human umwelt
We all construct models of the world by which we make sense of the phenomena we encounter. But rarely is the model of the women who wear the burqa considered. We hold that the world must be perceived through the body of the other before meaning can be assessed. We argue that the burqa is not an object, but a set of human relationships. It has no singular interpretant by which it can be understood. It is a highly nuanced semiosic phenomenon that w…
Propositions for a biocultural semiotics
The author has used the term ‘biocultural semiotics’ in her previous work, but has never defined this field. She presents twelve propositions that describe and motivate a biocultural semiotics. The author draws on thirty years of field work in Belize and her previous research in cultural and bio-semiotics in support of each of the propositions. Propositions include: biology and culture are so bound as to make a discussion of either without inclus…
Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Semiotics (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Communication (2 works) · History (2 works)