Analisi di rete e GIS per la storiografia musicale: genere, spazio urbano ed ecologie della musica

Autori

  • Martin Nicastro University of Pavia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2532-8816/19246

Parole chiave:

Mappatura digitale (GIS), Storiografia musicale, Spazio urbano, Ecologie della musica dal vivo, Analisi di rete

Abstract

L’obiettivo di questo articolo è mostrare le potenzialità dell’analisi di rete nell’ambito della storiografia musicale. A partire da ricerche precedenti, cercherò di espandere gli orizzonti di applicazione della tecnica coinvolgendo nell’indagine una pluralità di pratiche musicali e utilizzando i sistemi informativi geografici (GIS). Il caso di studio esaminato sarà quello della scena musicale della città di Milano durante il boom economico (1958-1962), osservata attraverso la lente di un data set di 8288 eventi musicali. Le tecniche utilizzate permetteranno di visualizzare in maniera sincronica diversi tipi di relazioni, come ad esempio quella tra performer e compositori, le quali assumono in maniera inequivocabile le caratteristiche di una rete. Attraverso l’analisi algoritmica sarà quindi possibile dimostrare come le proprietà di queste strutture reticolari siano strettamente legate al sistema dei generi musicali dell’epoca, nonché catalizzate dallo spazio, urbano e performativo, in cui prendono forma. Infine, la consonanza tra i risultati raggiunti e ricostruzioni storiografiche preesistenti suggeriscono l’efficacia di un approccio “ecologico” all'analisi di rete in campo musicale.

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2024-07-11

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Nicastro, M. (2024). Analisi di rete e GIS per la storiografia musicale: genere, spazio urbano ed ecologie della musica. Umanistica Digitale, 8(17), 95–119. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2532-8816/19246

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