{"id":2619,"date":"2026-10-09T08:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2619"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:31:13","slug":"the-semiotics-of-unity-nesting-identities-in-a-factional-age","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/event\/the-semiotics-of-unity-nesting-identities-in-a-factional-age\/","title":{"rendered":"The Semiotics of Unity: nesting identities in a factional age"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La semi\u00f3tica de la unidad: identidades anidadas en una era faccionalista<\/span><\/i><\/h1>\n<h2>About this session<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our current political climate, we are surrounded by symbols of individuation: BLM flags, rainbow pins, Resist t-shirts, and MAGA hats. These icons are profound tools for resistance and belonging, but they are designed to signal who we are apart from the rest. This paper explores the value of developing a visual language that represents &#8220;the whole&#8221; while honoring the individual parts of a fractured system. Using the historical precedent of the Tudor Rose\u2014a symbol that nested the warring red Lancastrian and white Yorkist roses rather than blending them into a diluted pink\u2014I argue that our modern failure to find common ground is, in part, a failure of imagination. When we demand one dominant symbol or search for a &#8220;purple&#8221; compromise, do we fail to make possible a vision of a &#8220;nested&#8221; future in which factional identities remain visible and respected within a shared framework? This workshop invites students to unpack symbols of identity (caveat: exclusive of symbols of hate or bigotry) to learn how they might visually combine them in ways that signal individuality within a collective whole.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0En nuestro clima pol\u00edtico actual, estamos rodeados de s\u00edmbolos de individuaci\u00f3n: banderas de BLM, prendedores de arco\u00edris, camisetas de &#8220;Resist&#8221; y gorras de MAGA. Estos \u00edconos son herramientas profundas de resistencia y pertenencia, pero est\u00e1n dise\u00f1ados para se\u00f1alar qui\u00e9nes somos en contraposici\u00f3n al resto. Este trabajo explora el valor de desarrollar un lenguaje visual que represente &#8220;el todo&#8221; al tiempo que honra las partes individuales de un sistema fracturado. Usando el precedente hist\u00f3rico de la Rosa Tudor \u2014un s\u00edmbolo que anid\u00f3 las rosas roja lancasteriana y blanca yorkista en guerra en lugar de fundirlas en un rosa diluido\u2014, sostengo que nuestro fracaso moderno en encontrar puntos en com\u00fan es, en parte, un fracaso de la imaginaci\u00f3n. Cuando exigimos un \u00fanico s\u00edmbolo dominante o buscamos un compromiso &#8220;morado&#8221;, \u00bfacaso fallamos en hacer posible una visi\u00f3n de un futuro &#8220;anidado&#8221; en el que las identidades faccionales permanezcan visibles y respetadas dentro de un marco compartido? Este taller invita a los estudiantes a desentra\u00f1ar s\u00edmbolos de identidad (salvedad: excluyendo s\u00edmbolos de odio o intolerancia) para aprender c\u00f3mo podr\u00edan combinarlos visualmente de maneras que se\u00f1alen la individualidad dentro de un todo colectivo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session type<\/strong>: Design Your Own (DYO) session<\/p>\n<h2>Presenters<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>J<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ennifer Rittner, Assistant Professor, Strategic Design &amp; Management, Parsons<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Time listed is Dominican Republic time.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our current political climate, we are surrounded by symbols of individuation: BLM flags, rainbow pins, Resist t-shirts, and MAGA hats. These icons are profound tools for resistance and belonging, but they are designed to signal who we are apart from the rest. 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