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GVU Brown Bag - Fox Harrell
Imagination, Computation, and Expression: A Cognitive Semantics and Algebraic Semiotics Based Approach to Generative and Interactive Narrative
Dr. Fox Harrell, Assistant Professor, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
Abstract:
Fantastic blends of ideas, rich metaphors, social hierarchies, and cultural identities all exemplify the diverse power of imaginative cognition. My new research group at Georgia Tech, the Imagination, Computation, and Expression (ICE) Studio/Lab explores the intersection of imaginative cognition and computational expression through both theory and practice. Our approach to inventing new digital narrative and poetic forms is based upon understanding the cognitive underpinnings of semiotic constructions. Cognitive science no longer explores only what is
