Phenomenology of Experience: Signs and Understanding in the Constitution of Meaning Deadline: October 2026 To mark its fortieth year, Segni e Comprensione dedicates a Special Issue to the phenomenology of experience, considering it a privileged theoretical horizon for systematically and critically rethinking the relationship between signs and understanding. Phenomenology, understood as a philosophy of experience, has shown that meaning is neither an immediate given nor a simple subjective construction, but the result of a constitutive dynamic in which experience articulates itself through intentional, bodily, affective, and symbolic structures. Within this framework, signs are not mere instruments for the transmission of meaning, but internal moments in the very emergence of sense; and understanding is not reducible to a derived cognitive act, but takes shape as an originary mode of being-in-the-world. The Special Issue therefore aims to explore the phenomenology of experience as a space in which: - the sign appears as an event of manifestation and mediation of meaning; - understanding reveals itself as a fundamental structure of experience, in both its individual and intersubjective dimensions; - interpretation assumes a constitutive function in the formation of consciousness and in the configuration of the shared world. Ranging from transcendental phenomenology and its post-Husserlian receptions to hermeneutical approaches and new contemporary phenomenologies, the issue welcomes contributions that deepen the ontological, epistemological, and ethical implications of experience, with particular attention to the role of symbolic and interpretive processes. In an era marked by hypermediation and the pervasiveness of digital technologies, the phenomenology of experience is called to confront radical transformations in the forms of meaning. Virtual environments, media proliferation, new configurations of the image, and the impact of artificial intelligences are redefining the modes of understanding and challenging the very status of meaning. The sign, in this context, emerges as a site of tension between evidence and opacity, presence and excess, stability and ambiguity. The Call therefore invites critical interrogation of the phenomenology of experience in its classical and contemporary forms, exploring the ways in which signs and understanding operate as constitutive structures of experience across the different domains of human life. Thematic Areas (non-exhaustive) • Phenomenological structures of experience • Sign and the constitution of meaning • Understanding and interpretation in phenomenological perspective • Phenomenology of music, art, and the image • Phenomenology of cinema and the performing arts • Phenomenology of affectivity, emotions, and atmospheres • Phenomenology of anxiety and religious experience • Phenomenology of the everyday and the non-human • Experience and digital environments • Signs, language, and artificial intelligence • Methodology of phenomenological inquiry • Epistemology and ethics of experience • Differences and developments within phenomenological traditions