Institute's MA Thesis Defences in 2023

The MA defenses in Semiotics took place on May 29.
The MA defenses in Philosophy took place on May 31 and June 1 and will take place on June 28 2023.

MA Thesis Defence in Philosophy on June 28, 2023 in Zoom

Mirt Kruusmaa
Medicalization, Values and Patient Participation
Supervisors: Simon Barker and Jaana Eigi-Watkin, reviewers: Edit Talpsepp and Jay Zameska
  
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MA Thesis Defences in Semiotics on May 29

Naira Baghdasaryan 
Communicating Environmental Issues on British Mainstream Party Platforms 
Supervisor: Andreas Ventsel; reviewer: Ott Puumeister 
 
William Elwood Derrah IV 
Text in Terms of Context 
Supervisor: Katre Pärn; reviewer: Aleksandr Fadeev 
  
Qin Shu  
The Diachronic and Synchronic Analysis of LGBTQ+ Representation in Chinese Culture: Exemplified by Word of Honor 
Supervisors: Alexandra Milyakina, Eleni Alexandri; reviewer: Hongjin Song 

Astra Rihma 
Üksildus Eesti üliõpilaste seas: semiootilised mehhanismid ja toimetuleku võtted
Supervisor: Nelly Mäekivi; reviewer: Merle Purre 

Krista Tomson 
Romaani “Tõde ja õigus” tegelaste lugejakeskne analüüs 
Supervisors: Peeter Torop, Aleksandr Fadeev; reviewer: Maarja Ojamaa 

Ekaterina Khomutova 
Sergei Eisenstein’s revolutionary trilogy through the perspective of Semiotic Studies: intertextual and intermedial aspects 
Supervisor: Peeter Torop; reviewer: Alexandra Milyakina 
 
Heidi Campana Piva 
Semiotic Approaches to Understanding Anti-Scientific Conspiratorial Discourse on Social Media 
Supervisor: Ott Puumeister; reviewer: Mari-Liis Madisson 
 
Anastasiia Bondarenko 
A Theosemiotic Reading of Hryhorii Skovoroda  
Supervisors: Silvi Salupere, Thomas-Andreas Põder; reviewer: Mihhail Lotman 
 
Nicholas Christian Hemann 
Sinnlichkeit and  Planmäßigkeit: Jakob von Uexküll’s Kantian Biology  
Supervisor: Kalevi Kull; reviewer: James Bacigalupi 
 

MA Thesis Defences in Philosophy on May 31

Karl Lembit Laane
Vabariikluse mõtteloo mõju Eesti Vabariigi loomise aruteludele
Supervisor: Pärtel Piirimäe; reviewers: Liisi Veski, Jaanus Sooväli
 
Mona Tärk
Ihudevahelisus ja asendatavus. Derrida kriitika Merleau-Ponty intersubjektiivsuse käsitluse kohta
Supervisor: Eduard Parhomenko; reviewers: Karin Kustassoo, Juhan Hellerma
 
Michaela Hochbaumer
I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore: On the Detrimental Nature of Living ’S-Places’ in Late Capitalist Urban Society
Supervisor: Siobhan Kattago; reviewers: Jaanus Sooväli, Andrey Gavrilin

MA Thesis Defences in Philosophy on June 1

Anastasiia Yaryhina
Uncovering Double Standards: A Critical Assessment of Radical Enactivism’s Treatment of Basic Minds and Departure from Relaxed Naturalism
Supervisor: Bruno Mölder; reviewers: Alexander Davies, Uku Tooming
 
Natasha Bailie
The Charientic: a Neglected Normative Category 
Supervisor: Francesco Orsi; reviewers: Simon Barker, Jay Zameska