Thesis Defences at the Department of Semiotics

We invite all interested parties to attend the defence of semiotics theses on 20 January 2026, either in person at Jakobi 2–305 or in Zoom (ID: 955 3332 4547, Password: 594333).

10:30–11:00
Risto Rõõmus (in English, Bachelor’s thesis)
The Reconfiguration of the Web: Open Standards, Platform Power, and Developer Configuration

Supervisors: Auli Viidalepp, Katre Pärn
Opponent: Maarja Ojamaa

Master’s theses

11:00–11:40
Hanna-Annika Kuulmets (in Estonian)
Linnakorilus inimese ja keskkonna vahelise suhte kujundajana: Tartu Ülejõe, Raadi-Kruusamäe ja Kvissentali elanike näitel (Urban Foraging as a Shaper of Human–Environment Relations: The Case of Residents of Tartu Ülejõe, Raadi-Kruusamäe, and Kvissentali)

Supervisors: Riin Magnus, Lona Päll
Opponent: Tiit Remm

11:40–12:20
Svitlana Khomenko (in English)
Semiotics of Nation Branding: Model of Ukraine’s Transmedia World 2018–2022

Supervisor: Maarja Ojamaa
Opponent: Nina Kozachynska

12:20–13:00
Karin Koronen (in English)
The Mythology of Autism on TikTok

Supervisors: Mari-Liis Madisson, Ott Puumeister
Opponent: Heidi Campana Piva