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Anamaria Dutceac SegestenCEMES Postdoctoral Research Fellow
March 8th, 2011
University of Copenhagen
The Story of Europe in the Everyday Life
The Presence of EU in a Visual Symbolic Landscape
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If you recognized this, you are not alone!
94% of Europeans correctly identify this flag as the symbol of the
European Union (2004).
However, only 1% of the same group associated the words
“European Union” with it (2006).
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‘The doggedness of some
governments to negate every
emotional aspect of Europe
hurt me.’
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Top-down process
EU’s graphic symbol production
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Bryan Gosline
What is the symbolic
comunication strategy of
the EU?
Which image
of itself does
EU want to
communicate?
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Amy V. Miller
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Eurosymbols -
you can find them everywhere
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… in the public space
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… in the arts
rockcohen
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I’m interested in the ones on your street
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Bottom – up perspective
Private uses of eurosymbols
Muffet
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WHO?WHERE?
WHY?
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Eurosymbols
have political significance
Support or rejection
eisenbahner
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Interpretation
EU?
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Appropriation
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Is it all a Babel to you?
Want to know more?
Maciej Gruszecki
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http://eurosymbols.blogs.ku.dk