Dario Martinelli (born Andria, Italy, March 1, 1974) is an Italian semiotician, musicologist and composer.
He performs research and publishes monographs and articles in the fields of musicology, popular music studies, film studies, semiotics, animal studies (he is possibly best known for his work in zoomusicology and zoosemiotics) and a research platform called "numanities", devoted to the rethinking of the role and paradigm of the humanities in modern society.
An editor of the Springer book series Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress,[1] Martinelli is also a member of several editorial and scientific boards in journals, doctoral committees and academic associations.
He is also the youngest winner of the Oscar Parland Prize for Prominent Semioticians, awarded by Helsinki University (2004).
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