Semefulness: A social semiotics of touch

Cranny-Francis, A

Semefulness: A social semiotics of touch

Cranny-Francis, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Social Semiotics, 2011, 21 (4), pp. 463 - 481
Issue Date:: 2011-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cranny-Francis, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-1183	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Social Semiotics, 2011, 21 (4), pp. 463 - 481	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1035-0330	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19044
dc.description.abstract	This paper explores the multiple significances (semefulness) of touch, as experienced by us as embodied subjects. Prompted by the development of a range of touch-based technologies, I consider the current writings about touch in a range of fields and how these have contributed to contemporary understandings of the meanings of touch. I then explore a number of these meanings - connection, engagement, contiguity, differentiation, positioning - for their contribution to our understanding of the world and of our own embodied subjectivity. I also explore the deployment of these meanings by contemporary technologies. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Social Semiotics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10350330.2011.591993	en_US
dc.title	Semefulness: A social semiotics of touch	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	21	en_US
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	2099 Other Language, Communication and Culture	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	21	en_US

Abstract:

This paper explores the multiple significances (semefulness) of touch, as experienced by us as embodied subjects. Prompted by the development of a range of touch-based technologies, I consider the current writings about touch in a range of fields and how these have contributed to contemporary understandings of the meanings of touch. I then explore a number of these meanings - connection, engagement, contiguity, differentiation, positioning - for their contribution to our understanding of the world and of our own embodied subjectivity. I also explore the deployment of these meanings by contemporary technologies. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.

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