Semiotic Flesh: Information and the Human Body

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Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities The Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington was established in 1987 with a mandate to encourage interdisciplinary activities in the humanities. Supported by the University Initiative Fund and endowed in 1997 in the name of Walter Chapin Simpson, the Center is dedicated to fostering innovative research and teaching in the humanities, and to stimulating exchange and debate on cultural and educational issues, both on and off the University of Washington campus. Its broader goal is to knit together the academic and civic communities through a shared fostering of education and culture. The Simpson Center sponsors a wide range of activities, including interdisciplinary courses and collaborative research groups, public lectures, symposia, arts events, publications, and a fellowship program for University of Washington faculty and graduate students. Semiotic Flesh: Information & the Human Body is a volume in the new series Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities The Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington was established in 1987 with a mandate to encourage interdisciplinary activities in the humanities. Supported by the University Initiative Fund and endowed in 1997 in the name of Walter Chapin Simpson, the Center is dedicated to fostering innovative research and teaching in the humanities, and to stimulating exchange and debate on cultural and educational issues, both on and off the University of Washington campus. Its broader goal is to knit together the academic and civic communities through a shared fostering of education and culture. The Simpson Center sponsors a wide range of activities, including interdisciplinary courses and collaborative research groups, public lectures, symposia, arts events, publications, and a fellowship program for University of Washington faculty and graduate students. Semiotic Flesh: Information & the Human Body is a volume in the new series Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. ...