Semiotica e forme di vita musicale. Ambienti co-evolutivi tra biosfera, semiosfera e tecnosfera
Year: 2026
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The thesis examines the co-evolutionary ties between musical cultures, enunciative practices, and contemporary media technologies. It is based on the assumption that technologies are shaped through relations of co-dependence among the biosphere, technosphere, and semiosphere. The aim is to describe how certain media affordances influence current musical forms of life, understood as discursive configurations composed of signs, texts, objects, and social practices. From a socio-semiotic perspective, the study analyzes the processes of meaning-making generated by cultural practices associated with musical enunciation in new mediatized environments. The research is structured into three analytical units: (i) a transnational urban music circuit and its digital ecosystem; (ii) creative practices enabled by the generative AI platform Suno; and (iii) human–machine interaction through the Neural DSP Quad Cortex device. The methodological approach combines ethnography, participant and non-participant observation, and netnography. The conclusions articulate micro-level findings, specific to each case, and meso-level reflections that identify general patterns of transformation in contemporary musical forms of life, enunciation, and language. The thesis also proposes theoretical and methodological tools for future research on similar co-evolutionary phenomena. Keywords: forms of life – musical cultures – enunciative practices – digital platforms – socio- semiotics.
Author: VARGAS, EMILIANO
Language: Italian
Topic: Music History and Culture
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7130266903