Simona Stano [email protected] www.simonastano.it/?lang=en Address 17, via Ferrari 10072 Caselle Torinese (TO) ITALY Phone: (+39) 347 6163565 Skype: girasimo EDUCATION 2011–2013 (qualification obtained on 08/05/2014) PhD in Sciences of Language and Communication, University of Turin (UNITO), Italy. PhD in Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland [co-tutorship of thesis/ thèse en cotutelle] Supervisors: prof. Ugo Volli (UNITO), prof. Andrea Rocci (USI), prof. Marcel Danesi (UofT) Result: Summa cum Laude 2009–2010 Postgraduate Degree in Intercultural Studies and Peace Culture UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Barcelona (Spain) Result: 9.3/10 (“Sobresaliente” / Distinction) 2007–2008 MA in Multimedia and Mass Communications University of Turin (Italy) Result: 110/110 cum Laude 2003–2007 BA in Communication Studies University of Turin (Italy) and Universitat de Valencia (Spain) Result: 110/110 Summer Schools and Other Courses 08/06/2014–20/06/2014 07/09/2013–17/09/2013 Summer School “Semiotic Theories and Advertising Practices” – Cyprus University of Technology (Limassol, Cyprus). XIX Early Fall School in Semiotics "Food and Cultural Identity II" – New Bulgarian University, CIRCe, and UNITO, Sozopol (Bulgaria). 07/09/2012–18/09/2012 XVIII Early Fall School in Semiotics “Food and Cultural Identity” – New Bulgarian University, CIRCe, and UNITO, Sozopol (Bulgaria). 15/09/2011–18/09/2011 3rd edition of the Summer School on TV studies “TV: The Old and the New” – CIRCe, UNITO, and Comferenza – Turin (Italy). 03/09/2011–11/09/2011 XVII Early Fall School in Sociosemiotics “Forms of Symbolic Efficacy in Complex Societies” – New Bulgarian 1 University, CIRCe, and MIUR, Sozopol (Bulgaria). 05/09/2009–15/09/2009 XV Early Fall School in Semiotics “Sociosemiotics” – New Bulgarian University, CIRCe, and MIUR, Sozopol (Bulgaria). 02/2009–05/2009 UNICEF XII Multidisciplinary Course in Human Rights Education – Unicef and UNITO, Turin (Italy). Study and Research Abroad 01/02/2013 – 31/08/2013 Visiting Research Scholarship - and field analysis for the doctoral research - UofT (University of Toronto), Canada (supervisor: prof. Marcel Danesi). 10/05/2013 – 14/06/2013 Course “Oral UofT (Canada). 08/05/2013 – 05/06/2013 Course “Academic Conversation Skills” – ELWS – UofT (Canada). 26/02/2013 – 19/03/2013 Workshop “Writing/Speaking in the Humanities and Social Sciences”, ELWS, UofT (Toronto, Canada). 21/03/2013 – 23/03/2013 “Workshop on Mind in Mathematics: New Frontiers”, Fields Institute, UofT (Canada). 04/03/2013 – 05/06/2013 Course “Academic Writing” – ELWS – UofT (Canada). 10/09/2012 – 31/12/2012 Field analysis for the doctoral research – Switzerland: Lugano, Geneva, Zurich (supervisor: prof. Andrea Rocci – USI). 10/09/2012 – 26/11/2012 Doctoral course “Writing Grant Proposal Writing”, USI (Lugano, Switzerland). 01/10/2009 – 01/06/2010 Postgraduate Studies at UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Barcelona (Spain). 09/2005 – 07/2006 SOCRATES/ERASMUS Programme, Universitat Valencia, Communication Studies (Valencia, Spain). Presentation Skills” – ELWS – de (cf. also * Summer Schools and other Courses – above) RESEARCH INTERESTS Food Studies, Semiotics of Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Mass and New Media, Communication, Semiotics, Urban Studies, Visual Studies, Semiotics. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE • Organisation of the international conference Goût et identité culturelle, in collaboration with prof. Jean-Jacques Boutaud (University of Burgundy), Dijon (France), 17/12/2014–18/12/2014. • Research Fellowship, University of Toronto (Canada), 06/05/2013–21/08/2013. • Co-organisation of the XIX Early Fall School in Semiotics Food and Cultural Identity II – New Bulgarian University, CIRCe, and UNITO, Sozopol (Bulgaria), 07/09/2013–18/09/2013. 2 • Organisation of the Round Table Conflicting ‘Foodspheres’: Interdisciplinary Remarks on Food, Sense, and Dissent, New Bulgarian University, CIRCe and UNITO, Sozopol (Bulgaria), 11/09/2013. • Research Fellowship – CUIA Project Urban Regenerations, CUIA and FADU, Buenos Aires (Argentina), 10/2012–11/2012. • Co-organisation of the XL AISS (Italian Association for Semiotic Studies) Congress Semiotics of Subjectivities, Turin (Italy), 28/09/2012–30/09/2012. • Co-organisation of the XVIII Early Fall School in Semiotics Food and Cultural Identity – New Bulgarian University, CIRCe and UNITO, Sozopol (Bulgaria), 07/09/2012–18/09/2012. • Organisation of the Round Table The Invention of Tradition, New Bulgarian University, CIRCe and UNITO, Sozopol (Bulgaria), 16/09/2012. • Research Fellowship – Project QUATELNOVA – Qualità televisiva e nuove tecnologie di distribuzione (QUATELNOVA – TV quality and new technologies of broadcasting), Scientific Director: prof. Sergio Scamuzzi, Dept. Of Cultures, Politics and Society, UNITO (Italy), 04/2012–06/2012. • Co-organisation of the 3rd edition of the Summer School on TV studies “TV: The Old and the New” – CIRCe, UNITO and Comferenza – Turin (Italy), 15/09/2011– 18/09/2011. Professional Memberships and Editorial Boards 2014 – present Scienza Attiva, Agorà Scienza Interuniversity Centre – Turin, Italy 2013 – present Jackman Humanities Institute Diasporic Foodways – Toronto, Canada 2012 – present INWARD, International Development 2011 – present Lexia, Editorial Board (Associate Editor) – Turin, Italy 2011 – present Research Team on Movies and Narrativity (dir. Prof. Ferraro), UNITO – Turin, Italy CIRCe (Interdepartmental Centre for Research on Communication) – UNITO, Turin, Italy 2011 – present 2011 – present Network on Writing Art Research and On Walls, International Research Team on Walls and Urban Studies Other Awards 06/2014 Expert in Philosophy and Theory of Languages (M-FIL/05) – “Cultore della Materia in Filosofia e Teoria dei Linguaggi” (M-FIL/05) TEACHING AND ADVISING EXPERIENCE • • • • • Lecturer for the course “Semiotics B”, University of Turin (2014). Lecturer for the course “Signs, Meaning, and Culture”, University of Toronto, Canada (2013). Lecturer for the “Master in Cultura e Comunicazione del Gusto” (Master in Taste Culture and Communication), University of Palermo (2012). Lecturer for the course “Semiotics B”, University of Turin (2012). DEGREE BOARDS MEMBERSHIP (AND TUTORING) 2012-2014: Master’s degree (“Laurea Magistrale” in Communication and Media Cultures): Semiotics of Text; Semiotics of Television; Bachelor’s degree (“Laurea Triennale” in Communication Studies): Semiotics of Advertising; Semiotics; Semiotics of Food; Semiotics of Culture – University of Turin, Italy. 3 ù • EXAMINATION BOARD 2011–2014: Semiotics of Text, Philosophy of Communication, Semiotics, Semiotics of Advertising, Theory relevant to Story Telling – University of Turin, Italy. CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS 17/09/2014 17/09/2014 17/05/2014 04/10/2013 23/09/2013 11/09/2013 19/12/2012 31/10/2012 29/09/2012 16/09/2012 20/07/2012 10/07/2012 23/01/2012 16/10/2011 “Between Tradition and Translation: Japanese Sushi and its Ethnic Variations” [EN*], presented at the 12th World Congress of the IASS-AIS Between Tradition and Innovation, Sofia (Bulgaria). “‘Con-Fusion Cuisines’: Melting Foods and Hybrid Identities” [EN], presented at the 12th World Congress of the IASS-AIS Between Tradition and Innovation, Sofia (Bulgaria). “Il Cibo degli Altri” [IT], presented at the conference Now.new – La Ricerca si racconta, Circolo dei Lettori, University of Turin and Torino Strategica, Turin (Italy). “Edo ergo ludo, ludo ergo edo. All’incrocio tra universo alimentare e dimensione ludica” [IT], presented at the XLI AISS Conference Arti del vivere e semiotica: tendenze, gusti, estetiche del quotidiano, Rimini (Italy). “‘Unjunking’ the Junk: Modern Foodscapes, Health, and Communication Processes” [EN], presented at the International Conference Foodscapes: Access to Food, Excess of Food, University of Graz and Georaum, Seggau Castle (Austria). “Making Sense, Expressing Dissent: Toward a Semiotics of ‘Food Protest’” [EN], presented at the Round Table Conflicting ‘Foodspheres’: Interdisciplinary Remarks on Food, Sense, and Dissent, New Bulgarian University, CIRCe and UNITO, Sozopol (Bulgaria). “Tra regimi dietetici e regimi di senso. Il ruolo del linguaggio iconico nelle diete degli health and fitness magazines” [IT], presented at the seminars Meetings on Meaning 2012/2013 – The Agency of Images, CIRCe and UNITO, Turin (Italy). “Graffiti y prácticas de “re-escritura” mural. La East Side Gallery de Berlín y los stencils de Banksy en Cisjordania” [ES], presented at the Symposium Arquitectura y Comunicación / Architettura e Comunicazione, Italian Cultural Institute, Buenos Aires (Argentina). “De gustibus non disputandum est... Decostruzione della soggettività e 'giochi di ruolo' nell'esperienza etnica alimentare” [IT], presented at the XL AISS conference Semiotics of Subjectivities, Turin (Italy). “The Invention of Tradition. The case of pasta, one of the ‘symbols’ of Italian identity” [EN], presented at the Round Table The Invention of Tradition, New Bulgarian University, CIRCe, and UNITO, Sozopol (Bulgaria). “La comida del “Otro”. Una mirada semiótica sobre la traducción del código alimentario” [ES], presented at the VII International Venezuelan Conference of Semiotics Cotidianidad, Educación y Comunicación, Maracaibo (Venezuela). “Il cibo dell’Altro. Un approccio semiotico alla traduzione del codice alimentare” [IT], presented at the International Conference Regimi di senso: dietetica e semiotica / Sense regimes: dietetics and semiotics, Urbino (Italy). “Dalla terra all’altare, passando per il supermercato: offerte di cibo al Buddha tra tradizione e modernità thailandese” [IT], presented at the Symposium Dal culto al cult: culture, linguaggi, e media dell’efficacia rituale, University of Turin (Italy). “Siamo noi questo piatto di grano… L’immaginario gastronomico italiano tra seduzione e incontro amoroso” [IT], presented at the XXXIX AISS Conference Passioni Collettive, Sorrento (Italy). 4 17/09/2011 16/07/2011 25/01/2011 27/11/2009 “Il Bene e il Male. Verità apparenti, dilemmi etici e scontri tra scelte individuali e valori collettivi: quanto è innovativa la fiction italiana?” [IT], presented at the 3rd ed. of the Summer School on TV studies TV: The Old and the New, Turin (Italy). “Il cibo dell’Altro. Un approccio semiotico alla traduzione del codice alimentare” [IT], presented at the Interdoctoral Symposium La ricerca semiotica 3. Intersezioni, University Carlo Bo, Urbino (Italy). “Graffiti e pratiche di ri-scrittura murale. La East Side Gallery di Berlino” [IT], presented at the International Conference Scrivere la città. Dal segno metropolitano al muralismo artistico, University of Turin, Turin (Italy). “Sous le voile des médias. Sémiotique du hijab entre l’Orient e l’Occident” [FR], presented at the International Conference Interprétation et Sciences Humaines: Etat des lieux, Meknès (Morocco). PUBLICATIONS Scholarly Book Chapters • STANO, S. (forthcoming – date of acceptance: 06/06/2013) “Semiotics of Food”. In P. Trifonas (ed.) Handbook of Research in Semiotics. New York/Amsterdam: Springer [EN*]. • STANO, S. (forthcoming – date of acceptance: 10/03/2014) “I feed therefore I am. Mothers, pasta, and advertisements”. In F. Pasche Guignard and T.M. Cassidy (eds.), Mothers and Food. Toronto: Demeter Press [EN]. • STANO, S. (2014) “Re-escrituras y re-generaciones. Graffiti y prácticas de resemantización espacial / Ri-scritture e ri-generazioni. Graffiti e pratiche di risemantizzazione spaziale”. In D’Annuntiis, G. Mondaini and P. Sollazzo (eds.) Regeneraciones Urbanas. De la ciudad abandonada al smart landascape / Rigenerazioni urbane. Dalla città dismessa allo smart landscape, 96-103. Santa Fé (Argentina): dgb books [ES, IT]. • STANO, S. (2014) “Sözde Blog Devrimi – The Ostensible Revolution of Blogs”. In B. Çoban (ed.) Social Media R/evolution – Sosyal Medya Devrimi. Su Yayinevi, Istanbul, pp. 200-213. ISBN: 978-605-4554-18-8 [TK]. • STANO, S. (2013) “Io, l’Altro e il ‘cuoco’. Differenze che fanno ‘differenza’ e modello topicfocus nel cinema italiano contemporaneo”. In G. Ferraro and A. Santangelo (eds.), Uno sguardo più attento. I dispositivi di senso dei testi cinematografici, pp. 135-164. Turin: Aracne. ISBN: 978-88-548-6330-9 [IT]. • STANO, S. (2013) “Signs of impertinence: Graffiti Art and Mural Re-writing”. In L. Borriello and C. Ruggiero (eds.), Inopinatum. The unexpected impertinence of urban creativity, pp. 175-197. Salerno: ArtiGrafiche Boccia. ISBN: 978-88-909026-0-4 [EN]. Monographs and edited volumes • STANO, S. (ed). (forthcoming) Semiotics of Food, Special Issue of Semiotica. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton [EN, FR]. • STANO, S. (ed.) (forthcoming) Food and Cultural Identity / Cibo e identità culturale / Alimentation et identité culturelle / Comida e identidad cultural. Lexia 19-20. Turin : Aracne [EN, IT, FR, ES]. • STANO, S. (2014) Eating the Other. A Semiotic Approach to the Translation of the Culinary Code. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Turin and Università della Svizzera Italiana [EN]. • STANO, S. (2012) Sotto il velo dei media. Semiotica dell’hijab tra Oriente e Occidente. Monographic issue of Quaderni D&R, 25. Turin: CIRSDe. ISSN: 1827-5982 [IT]. 5 Refereed Journal Articles • STANO, S. (2014) “The Invention of Tradition. The Case of Pasta, A Symbol of Italian Identity”. Signs & Media, pp. 136-152. Chengdu (China): Sichuan University. [*EN, CH]. • STANO, S. (2013) “Dal sapere al sapore. Guide turistiche e pratiche enogastronomiche tra Italia e Spagna”. In G. Marrone and A. Giannitrapani (eds.), Mangiare: Istruzioni per l’uso, E|C, pp. 137-148. ISSN: 1973-2716 [IT]. • STANO, S. (2013) “Per una semiotica della protesta alimentare. Il cibo tra senso e dissenso”. Lexia (New Series), 13-14, pp. 355-372. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT]. • STANO, S., L. Ferrara and M. Mondino (2013) “I ‘graffi’ della protesta. Street art, barriere artificiali e forme di espressione del dissenso”. Lexia (New Series), 13-14, pp. 165-211. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT]. • STANO, S. (2012) “From Earth to Altar, passing through the Supermarket: The Offerings of Food to the Buddha between Thai Tradition and Modernity”. Lexia (New Series), 11-12, pp. 509-526. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [EN]. • STANO, S. (2011) “L’ambientazione come pratica di lettura dell’ambiente. Il caso di Porta Palazzo a Torino”. Lexia (New Series), 9-10, pp. 215-231. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT]. • STANO, S. (2010) “Sotto il velo dei media. Semiotica dell'hijab tra Oriente e Occidente”. Lexia (New Series), 5-6, pp. 300-321. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT]. Refereed Conference Papers Published in Full • STANO, S. (forthcoming – date of acceptance: 13/05/2014) “Tra regimi dietetici e regimi di senso. Il ruolo del linguaggio iconico nelle diete degli health and fitness magazines”. Lexia (New Series), 17-18. Turin: Aracne [IT]. • STANO, S. (forthcoming – date of acceptance: 04/10/2013) “Edo ergo ludo, ludo ergo edo. Forme di vita ed estetiche del quotidiano tra universo alimentare e dimensione ludica”. In Arti del vivere e semiotica: tendenze, gusti, estetiche del quotidiano – Proceedings of the XLI AISS Congress, Monographic Issue of E/C [IT]. • STANO, S. (2013) “Il cibo dell’Altro. Traduzioni del codice alimentare”. In D. Mangano and G. Marrone (eds.), Regimi di senso: dietetica e semiotica, pp. 175-196. Milan-Udine: Mimesis. ISBN: 978-88-5751-775-9 [IT]. • STANO, S. (2013) “De gustibus non disputandum est… Decostruzione della soggettività e ‘giochi di ruolo’ nell’esperienza etnica alimentare”. In B. Terracciano and D. Mangano (eds.) Il Senso delle Soggettività – Proceedings of the XL AISS Congress, Monographic Issue of E|C, pp. 123-126, ISSN: 1973-2716 [IT]. • STANO, S. (2013) “Graffiti e pratiche di ri-scrittura murale. La East Side Gallery di Berlino”. In R. Mastroianni (ed.), Writing the City. Graffitismo, immaginario urbano e street art, pp. 143-164. Turin: Aracne. ISBN: 978-88-548-6330-9 [IT]. • STANO, S. (2012) “Siamo noi questo piatto di grano… L’immaginario gastronomico italiano tra seduzione e incontro amoroso”. In D. Mangano and B. Terracciano (eds.), Passioni collettive. Culture, politica, società – Proceedings of the XXXIX AISS Congress, Monographic Issue of E|C, pp. 70-75. ISSN: 1973-2716 [IT]. STANO, S. (2012) “La comida del “Otro”. Una mirada semiótica sobre al traducción del código alimentario”. Proceedings of the VII Congreso Venezolano Internacional de Semiótica “Cotidianidad, Educación y Comunicación”, Maracaibo (Venezuela), pp. 638655. CD-ROM Edition. ISBN: 978-980-402-088-9 [ES]. STANO, S. (2010) “Sous le voile des médias: Sémiotique de l’hijab entre l’Orient et l’Occident”: Sémiotique de l'« hijab » entre l'Orient et l'Occident”. In M. Bernoussi (ed.), Interprétation et Sciences Humaines. Actes du colloque de Meknès, pp. 214234. Meknès (Morocco): Print-Shop. ISBN: 978-9981-933-18-7 [FR]. • • 6 Translations • STANO, S. (2009) Translation of Landowski, Eric (2009) « Avoir prise, donner prise », Nouveaux Actes Sémiotiques, 112. It. trans. “Avere presa, dare presa”. Lexia (New Series), 3-4, pp. 139-202. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [FR/IT]. Scholarly Reviews • STANO, S. (2014) Review of “Sedda, Franciscu (2012) Imperfette traduzioni. Semiopolitica delle culture, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, Roma”. Lexia (New Series), 15-16, pp. 311-317. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT]. • STANO, S. (2012) Review of “Marrone, Gianfranco e Alice Giannitrapani (eds.) (2012) La cucina del senso, Mimesis, Milano”. Lexia (News Series), 11-12, pp. 675-684. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT]. STANO, S. (2012) Review of “Boutaud, Jean-Jacques (2012) Il senso goloso. La commensalità, il gusto, gli alimenti, ETS, Pisa”. Lexia (New Series), 11-12, pp. 665-674. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT]. STANO, S. (2011) Review of “Bianciardi, Lorenzo (2011) Il sapore di un film, Protagon, Siena”. Lexia (New Series), 9-10, pp. 403-409. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT]. • • Associate Editor • STANO, S. (ass. ed.) (2014) Estasi – Ecstasy, Lexia (New Series), 15-16. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT, EN, ES, FR]. • STANO, S. (ass. ed.) (2013) Protesta – Protest, Lexia (New Series), 13-14. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT, EN, ES, FR]. • STANO, S. (ass. ed.) (2012) Culto – Worship, Lexia (New Series), 11-12. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT, EN, ES, FR]. STANO, S. (ass. ed.) (2011) Ambiente, Ambientamento, Ambientazione – Environment, Habitat, Setting, Lexia (New Series), 9-10. Turin: Aracne. ISSN: 1720-5298 [IT, EN, ES, FR]. • * IT (Italiano - Italian) / EN (English - Inglese) / ES (Español - Spagnolo) / FR (Français – Francese) / CH (中国的 – Cinese) / TK (Türk – Turco) LANGUAGES Italian: mother tongue English: advanced Spanish: advanced French: intermediate Catalan: basic TECHNICAL SKILLS Operating systems: Mac OS X, Windows. Good command of Microsoft Office and OpenOffice. Excellent knowledge of Safari, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Outlook Express and Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Academia.edu, etc.). Basic knowledge of web design and site management. Good command of graphics applications (Photoshop) and basic knowledge of audio-visual editing (Adobe Premiere Professional). Expertise in digital and analog photography. 7
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