Ana Marjanović-Shane

Education

University of Pennsylvania, – Metaphor Beyond Play

University of Belgrade, – Development of Understanding Word Sense (Point)

Jobs

University of Belgrade, TA, researcherUniversity of Novi Sad, Associate Professor Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, ResearcherUniversity of Pennsylvania, LecturerChestnut Hill College, Adjunct ProfessorCity 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 classesAnalysis of metaphors in NY Times articles about Serbs and war in YugoslaviaAnalysis 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 metaphorsWhen is a metaphor?What is metaphor? Simile and metaphorAsymmetry in metaphorFunctional differences in the elements of metaphor (Topic and Comment)

CHAT based semantic theory

CHAT based semantic theory

Play and change in direction of asymmetryFrames or worldsRelationships between participants in different worlds (acting classes experiences)Crossing the boundaries

CHAT based semantic theory

Mediation – core of the CHAT based approachMediation between what and by whatSubject – Object: Tools

CHAT based semantic theory

CHAT based semantic theory

After Engeström

CHAT based semantic theory

Mediation - About“ABOUT”

CHAT based semantic theory

Meaning as a gesture“Play” as a construction zone of meaning relations

Ana Marjanović-Shane