Alain Perusset (Research Fellow)
Alain Perusset (Research Fellow)
Doctor in Social Sciences and Communication Studies, with academic background in linguistics and French literature, I am a specialist in semiotics and socio-semiotics. My research focuses on the meaning-making processes of identities and practices within culture, as well as in the context of consumption and brand management.
Areas of interest
Semiotics of objects, practices and cultures; narrative, tensive and categorial semiotics; sociology of (post)modernity and consumption; brand management, brand architecture and nation branding.
Academic Profile
Visiting Scholar - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru; University of Chicago (United States).
PhD - University of Burgundy Franche-Comté (France); University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
Book
2020 Sémiotique des formes de vie. Monde de sens, manières d’être [Semiotics of Forms of Life. World of Meaning, Ways of Being]. Louvain-la-Neuve, De Boeck Supérieur.
Contact
Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL