Cygne Noir

Aims & Scope

Cygne noir is a French-speaking open-access scientific journal of semiotics. Since its establishment in Montreal in 2012, the journal is actively contributing to the international semiotic research community, emphasizing the importance of developing and publishing original and meaningful studies in French. Translations from English to French may be published as well. The editorial committee guarantees the double-blind peer review process. Young and established researchers are welcome to contribute. Cygne noir was founded in a spirit of openness with regard to possible objects of inquiry and theoretic frameworks that can be mobilized. Studies from all related disciplines and domains of research may find their way in the journal. The papers – or explorations – published in the journal all contribute in a critical manner to a reflection on signs and meaning, meaning-making, interpretation and knowledge formation. All fields and disciplines related to semiotic studies can be mobilized. Articles in theoretical semiotics (cultural studies, epistemology, phenomenology, cognitive semiotics, biosemiotics, etc.) or case studies in applied semiotics (arts, media, rhetoric, religions, urbanism, translation, education, etc.) are expected. Inter- or trans-disciplinary perspectives, bridging semiotic studies with historically related fields (anthropology, philosophy, sociology, psychology, aesthetics, linguistics, communication, etc.), are also valued.

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