Face Studies

The new book “The Hybrid Face. Paradoxes of the visage in the digital era.” (ed. Massimo Leone), is available in open access.   ABSTRACT This original and interdisciplinary volume explores the contemporary semiotic dimensions of the face from both scientific and sociocultural perspectives, putting forward several traditions, aspects, and signs of the human utopia of […]
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Just out for the Italian publishing house Aracne (“I Saggi di Lexia”), a new book edited by Cristina Voto, Elsa Soro, José Luis Fernández and Massimo Leone: Rostrotopías. Mitos, narrativas y obsesiones de las plataformas digitales [Facetopias. Myths, Nostalgias, and Obsessions of the Face in the Digital Metaverse]. The book is available (in Spanish) at this […]
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Just out for the Italian publishing house Aracne (“I Saggi di Lexia”), a new book edited by Gianmarco Giuliana and Massimo Leone : Sémiotique du visage futur. The book is available (in French) at this link.   ABSTRACT Comment le visage va–t–il changer en fonction de sa nouvelle présence numérique ? Et comment l’avenir sera–t–il […]
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Just out for the Italian publishing house Aracne (“I Saggi di Lexia”), a new book edited by Antonio Santangelo and Massimo Leone : Semiotica e intelligenza artificiale The book is available (in Italian) at this download link.   ABSTRACT L’intelligenza artificiale sta rapidamente prendendo piede nelle nostre società. Ma è davvero “intelligente”? Di che tipo di […]
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FACETS has produced its first videogame – and it’s an investigative one! Credits to FACETS Post-Doc Gianmarco Giuliana for having directed its creation. SOFIA is an acronym, standing for “Social Media and Faces in Artificial Intelligence”. The game can be freely downloaded HERE.
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Here’s the full program of the advanced seminar in Philosophy of Communication, 2022-2023, “On Filters and Philters”, organized by Massimo Leone at the University of Turin. With the participation of Bruno Surace, Auli Viidalepp, Natasa Lackovic, Federico Bellentani, Neyla Pardo, Giorgia Aiello, Gaia Giorgi, Niccolò Monti, Silvia Barbotto F, Lia Morra, Michele Cerutti, Marilia Jardim, […]
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