Symbols, signs and secrets: What symbols tell us about ourselves
Symbols, signs and secrets: What symbols tell us about ourselves
- December 14, 2015
- Mizuko “Mimi” Ito, anthropology and informatics professor and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning, is featured on BBC’s – The Forum Dec. 14, 2015
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From the BBC:
Ranging from hieroglyphics in the ancient World through symbols in art to the increasing
use of the emoji, Dr Ramirez examines the power of the symbol and its importance.
… With her to discuss symbols and signs, … Professor Mimi Ito, a cultural anthropologist
who studies new media use, particularly among young people in Japan and the US, from
the University of California, Irvine ….
For the full story, please visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0396ymd.
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