Dialogue in Electronic Public Space: the Semiotics of Time, Space and the Internet

Open Access scientific, electronic publishing and Bakhtinian dialogism

“…An interesting recent contribution bringing Bakhtin to the fore in relation to language, culture, art and new media is Finn Bostad et al (2005). Apart from several articles on the Bakhtin Circle and language, this anthology has innovative contributions also on new technology and visual arts, e.g.…”

“…Apart from several articles on the Bakhtin Circle and language, this anthology has innovative contributions also on new technology and visual arts, e.g. dialogue in electronic public space and the semiotics of timer space and the internet (Bostad 2005); 'thought drawing', dialogical thinking and culture at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (Faber 2005); negotiating meaning and the dialogic imagination in electronic art (Kac 2005) and interactive computer-based art (Graham 2005). The authors argue that ….dialogism -old and new -offers an approach to cultural meaning that seems equally fruitful for studies of language, literature and new media.…”

“…Bakhtinian dialogue, polyphony and carnival The influence exerted today by Bakhtin extends far beyond literary theory into fields such as philosophy of language, linguistics, musicology, anthropology, culture studies, classic studies, history, political science and theology, communication and public relations theory, including new media (Holquist 2001;Bostad 2005). Bakhtin did not gain recognition in his homeland until late in life, when the asphyxiating official ideology of socialist realism had started to subside (Vaagan 2000).…”