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Metacognition and diagrams in marking-for-self

  • Henrique T. D. Perissinotto

    Henrique T. D. Perissinotto (dias.henrique@estudante.ufjf.br) is a PhD student in Communication and Society at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil with a split-site doctoral programme at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Germany. His research focuses on cognitive externalism, Peircean semiotics, and cognitive poetics. Ongoing research examines the role of external representations in artistic and creative tasks, such as in oral poetry, dance, theater, and music. Perissinotto is a member of the Cognitive Science Society (COGSCI), International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS) and the Iconicity Research Group (IRG).

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    and João Queiroz

    João Queiroz (joao.queiroz@ufjf.br) is a professor at the Institute of Arts, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, and in the Postgraduate Program in Communication at the same institution. He has been teaching courses on Cognitive Semiotics, Intermediality Studies, and supervised Ph.D. and Master students in the fields of Semiotics, Latin-American Art and Literature and Cognitive Aesthetics. Queiroz is a member of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS), member of Group for Research in Artificial Cognition (UEFS, Brazil), and associate researcher of the Linguistics and Language Practice Department, University of the Free State (South Africa). Personal webpage: https://joaoqueirozsemiotics.wordpress.com/.

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Abstract

Metacognition relies on representations, which are commonly viewed as internal knowledge structures. We explore the idea that external embodied diagrams, rather than monomodal symbolic-based entities, can provide an accurate description of metacognition in choreographic dance. When marking, dancers use their bodies to represent properties, dynamics, or structures of dance phrases. Marking-for-self occurs when a dancer marks the dance in their own unique manner, potentially allowing for real-time reflection through the manipulation of external signs. These manipulations can be considered diagrammatic semiosis, as diagrams signify shared relational parts analogous to the parts of their objects. Based on Peirce’s semiotics, we argue that semiosis is crucial for metacognition. This paper is structured to first review marking and marking-for-self, followed by an overview of metacognition. We then define marking-for-self as a metacognitive phenomenon and introduce Peirce’s concept of semiosis and diagrams. Finally, we describe marking as a diagrammatic sign and explain how marking-for-self is an embodied metacognitive process achieved through the manipulation of diagrammatic structures.


Corresponding author: João Queiroz, Institute of Arts, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, E-mail:

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Henrique T. D. Perissinotto

Henrique T. D. Perissinotto () is a PhD student in Communication and Society at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil with a split-site doctoral programme at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Germany. His research focuses on cognitive externalism, Peircean semiotics, and cognitive poetics. Ongoing research examines the role of external representations in artistic and creative tasks, such as in oral poetry, dance, theater, and music. Perissinotto is a member of the Cognitive Science Society (COGSCI), International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS) and the Iconicity Research Group (IRG).

João Queiroz

João Queiroz () is a professor at the Institute of Arts, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, and in the Postgraduate Program in Communication at the same institution. He has been teaching courses on Cognitive Semiotics, Intermediality Studies, and supervised Ph.D. and Master students in the fields of Semiotics, Latin-American Art and Literature and Cognitive Aesthetics. Queiroz is a member of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS), member of Group for Research in Artificial Cognition (UEFS, Brazil), and associate researcher of the Linguistics and Language Practice Department, University of the Free State (South Africa). Personal webpage: https://joaoqueirozsemiotics.wordpress.com/.

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