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Steven Knowlton

University of Memphis
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  • University of Memphis
    Regular Faculty
Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Epistemology
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
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    Show Me the Race or the Nation without a Flag, and I Will Show You a Race of People without Any Pride
    Raven: A Journal of Vexillology 24 27-61. 2017.
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    Evocation and Figurative Thought in Tennessee Flag Culture
    Raven: A Journal of Vexillology 20 23-53. 2013.
    This paper uses communication theory to study the flag culture of Tennessee. The author applies concepts such as semiotics, pragmatic unity, and visual synecdoche to the examination of flags and flag-derived logos used throughout the Volunteer State.
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    Applying Sebeok’s Typology of Signs to the Study of Flags
    Raven: A Journal of Vexillology 19 57-97. 2012.
    Thomas A. Sebeok, a leading semiotician, developed a useful typology which the author uses to analyze national and subnational flags, exploring them as signals, icons, indexes, and symbols and using extensively illustrations.
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    Contested Symbolism in the Flags of New World Slave Risings
    Raven: A Journal of Vexillology 21 71-94. 2014.
    Covering a little-known subject, this article catalogues the use of flags within slave uprisings in the New World in the nineteenth century. The author demonstrates how the slave banners were typically modelled on the flags of their former masters but also often incorporated African symbols in an attempt to indicate physical freedom as well as the attempt to signal the former slave groups’ equality with their former oppressors.
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    Applying Sebeok’s Typology of Signs to the Study of Flags
    Raven 19 57-97. 2012.
    A leading semiotician, Thomas A. Sebeok (1920-2001), developed a useful typology which the author uses to analyze national and subnational flags, exploring them as signals, icons, indexes, and symbols and using extensively illustrations.
    Semiotics
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    Evocation and Figurative Thought in Tennessee Flag Culture
    Raven 20 23-54. 2013.
    The popularity of logos derived from the Tennessee flag can be explained by its obvious and relevant symbolism, but also by the phenomenon of pragmatic unity through which the Tennessee flag evokes the Confederate flag, as well as by the phenomenon of visual synecdoche, which allows observers to associate the three-star element with the entire flag and its associated meanings.
    Aesthetic Symbol SystemsSemioticsSymbols and Symbol Systems
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