signs music society vienna 1999 03 1214 c l l f r p p e r signs music society transdisciplinary colloquium march 1214 1999 organized institute socio semiotic studies isss vienna cooperation mediacult vienna keywords fields involved semiotics music musical signification music communication music society semiotics musicology literary studies media studies theatre studies cultural studies invitation abstracts please send suggestions december 15 1998 form abstract 10 max 15 lines indicating author name title lecture relevant addresses office home technical coordinates fax phone email etc lectures exceed 30 minutes 15 minutes discussion please direct letter fax email message isss reply within 14 days congress languages english german institut fur sozio semiotische studien isss jeff bernard waltergasse 5 1 12 1040 wien phone fax 43 15045344 email gloria withalm uniak ac introductory remarks colloquium announcing term intensive discussion major feature meeting intends convene scholars semiotics general musical semiotics particular many disciplines musicology sociology psychology ethnology philosophy communication studies media studies cultural studies literary studies comparative studies related fields goal investigate theoretical especially practical problems musical signification types music platform enable inter transdisciplinary exchange discussion shall provided semiotics e theory signs aim describe examine social relevance musical production distribution consumption indicated formula signs music society asks focussing fields like pragmatics sociosemiotics musical communication context dependence like shall also tried transcend somewhat isolated position musicology musical aesthetics musical theory within humanities e showing even problems study musical structures musical forms technical systems musical signification musical aesthetics indispensably linked sociopractical features conditions meaning music fully examined understood without taking account syntactosemantic well pragmatic dimensions view one neglect either musical meaning often unfolded composite signs systems word music dance film musical theatre forms art well feasts liturgies rituals etc different media discs tapes broadcasts av media even new electronic media latter point stresses problem musical reproduction detached original performance space time influences changes musical meaning stresses moreover problems disposal cultural well economical hegemony sociality music musical signification becomes central interest also appears question historicity much terms traditional history music indicator particularly presenttime cultural social sociological medial technological etc change words diachronic viewpoint hitherto main focus musical semiotics important many respects even important study musical meaning synchronic one examination codes needs complemented thorough investigation code changes including presuppositions consequences framework want invite scholars world join us discussing questions musical semiosis texts representation functions impact communication experience related topics viewpoint sociality well historicity ever day music died famous lyric claimed special information one section particular topic austrian music organized partner mediacult international research institute media communication cultural development publication results colloquium published either special issue one journals _ european journal semiotic studies _ _ semiotische berichte _ depending final size book series addenda semiotic studies expecting welcome heartily vienna jeff bernard director isss secr gen iass jeff bernard iassais secretary general institute socio semiotic studies isss waltergasse 5 1 12 a1040 vienna austria phone fax 43 15045344 e mail gloria withalm uniak ac 7th iassais congress 1999 10 611 technical university dresden http www tudresden de sulifg semiotics call papers iassais homepage http vhf mshparis fr escom ais aisindex html