Semiotics of Animals in Culture Zoosemiotics 2.0

Dario Mangano  is Associate Professor of Semiotics and Semiotics of Advertising in the University of Palermo (Italy), Department of Cultures & Society. He also teaches Semiotics of Food and a Laboratory in Food Advertising in the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo. 

His research interests include Semiotics of Design and Food Design, Semiotics of Advertising and Branding. Among his books:  Che cos’è il food design  (What food design is) (Carocci, 2014),  Ikea  (Doppiozero, 2014),  Archeologia del contemporaneo  (Archaeology of contemporary) (Nuova Cultura, 2010) and  Semiotica e design  (Semiotics and design) (Carocci, 2008). 

Gianfranco Marron e is full Professor of Semiotics in the University of Palermo (Italy), Department of Cultures & Society. He also teaches Communication and languages of gastronomy in the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo, and Semiotics atIULM (Milan). 

His research interests include Mass-Media Studies, Aesthetics and Literary Theory from a Semiotic perspective. His research in the field of Semio-Aesthetics primarily deals with the nexus between signification and perception. His most recent works have made an innovative contribution to the fields of socio-semiotics applied to food, brand, cities, journalism, space, politics, advertisement, fashion, and TV. 

Selected publications in English:  The Invention of the Text , London, Mimesis international 2014;  Ludovico's Cure. On Body and Music in A Clockwork Orange , Toronto, Legas 2009.