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Ana Marjanović -Shane. Education. Universit y of Pennsylvania, Metaphor Beyond Play University of Belgrade, Development of Understanding Word Sense (Point). Jobs. University of Belgrade, TA, researcher University of Novi Sad, Associate Professor
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Education • University of Pennsylvania, • Metaphor Beyond Play • University of Belgrade, • Development of Understanding Word Sense (Point)
Jobs • University of Belgrade, TA, researcher • University of Novi Sad, Associate Professor • Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, Researcher • University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer • Chestnut Hill College, Adjunct Professor • City of Philadelphia, OMH/MR Information Systems for MR Services
Projects • Longitudinal ethnographic collection of children’s spontaneous metaphoric expressions (10+ years) • Ethnographic study of guided drama workshops for children 7 – 18 (video and audio taping and analysis) • Participant observer study of the processes of meaning making in acting classes • Analysis of metaphors in NY Times articles about Serbs and war in Yugoslavia • Analysis of metaphors in political speaches of Bush, Bin Laden, Milosevic and Hitler
Projects • “Play, Art, Theory” – a multi activity and multi medium interactive workshop about the role of play-like activity in construction of meaning. Alias: From ‘Red Gloves’ to ‘Hamlet’. • Cultural Educational Center ZMAJ (for children of Yugoslavian origin).
CHAT based semantic theory • Starting point: Analysis of processes involved in creating metaphors • When is a metaphor? • What is metaphor? Simile and metaphor • Asymmetry in metaphor • Functional differences in the elements of metaphor (Topic and Comment)
CHAT based semantic theory • Play and change in direction of asymmetry • Frames or worlds • Relationships between participants in different worlds (acting classes experiences) • Crossing the boundaries
CHAT based semantic theory • Mediation – core of the CHAT based approach • Mediation between what and by what • Subject – Object: Tools
CHAT based semantic theory “ABOUT”
CHAT based semantic theory “Play” as a construction zone of meaning relations