Dario Martinelli

Date and Place of Birth: 01/03/1974 - Andria (Italy)
Postal Address: Ilomäentie 11 A 5
00840 Helsinki (Finland)
Telephone: +358 (0) 45678 0717
E-mail: dario.martinelliAThelsinki.fi (please, replace AT with @)
Website: dariomartinelli.eu

Curriculum Vitae      

 (doc version)    

University of Helsinki:

· 1st semester 2000/2001
Italian Semiotics: “Not only Umberto Eco”;
Zoosemiotics: “Signs and Spoors” 
· 2nd semester 2000/2001
Zoosemiotics: “To beast or not to beast: the human-animal relationship” 
· 2001/2002
Musical semiotics (institutional course)
· 1st semester 2001/2002
Ecosemiotics: “Nature of aesthetics, aesthetics of nature” 
· 2nd semester 2001/2002
Zoosemiotics: “An interdisciplinary approach to the human-animal relationship”
Film semiotics: “Close-up to music: musicals, soundtracks, etc.”
· 1st semester 2002/2003
Zoomusicology: “An introduction to zoomusicology” 
· 2nd semester 2002/2003
Popular music studies: “A history of popular music”
· 1st semester 2003/2004
Zoomusicology: “Advanced course in zoomusicology”
· 1st semester 2004/2005:
Musicology: “Parole e musica: introduzione alla musicologia” 
Film semiotics: “Viaggio e decontestualizzazione nel cinema italiano”
· 2nd semester 2005/2006:
Popular music studies: “A semiotic approach to popular music” 
· 1st semester 2006/2007:
Introduction to semiotics: “That thing that Umberto Eco does” 
Film semiotics: “Claustrofilia e microcosmi nel cinema italiano”
· 2nd semester 2006/2007:
Introduction to Film semiotics: "Signing in the rain"
Introduction to Zoosemiotics: "Signs and spoors"
· 1st semester 2007/2008:
Introduction to semiotics 
Film semiotics
· 2nd semester 2007/2008:
Semiotics and ideologies
Introduction to semiotic theories

Finnish Network University of Semiotics:

· 2nd semester 2004/2005
Biosemiotics: “the concept of animal within the semiotic perspective”

Academy of Fine Arts (Bari – Italy):

· 2005/2006
History of Music and Musical Theatre

Academy of Music “Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya” (Barcelona – Spain):

· 2nd semester 2006/2007:
Zoomusicology: “An introduction to zoomusicology” 

New Bulgarian University (Sofia – Bulgaria):

· September 2007:
Social Semiotics

Lapland University (Rovaniemi - Finland)

· November 2007:
Introduction to semiotics

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Invited papers and guest-lectures

· November 2007 – Studia Semiotica Generalia (Helsinki, Finland) – A visual analysis of ItaloPop album covers
· June 2007 – World Congress of Semiotics IASS9 (Helsinki-Imatra, Finland) – Notes on the theoretical program of biosemiotics
· June 2007 – World Congress of Semiotics IASS9 (Helsinki-Imatra, Finland) – Understanding and misunderstanding in the cultural representation of whale songs
· June 2007 – World Congress of Semiotics IASS9 (Helsinki-Imatra, Finland) – Ethics and existential semiotics
· February 2007 – Evtek Institute (Helsinki) – The semiotic use of music in film
· December 2006 – Music Academy of Vilnius (Lithuania) - Let them entertain you: on the notion of performance in popular music
· September 2006 – International congress on musical signification (University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy) – How physical is a whale? On the zoomusicology of corporeality
· June 2006 - Annual meeting of the International Semiotics Institute congress (Imatra - Finland) – Diversity as Biocentrism, Biocentrism as Resistance
· June 2006 - Annual meeting of the International Semiotics Institute congress (Imatra - Finland) – On authenticity and inauthenticity in Popular music I – The Music and Media part
· June 2006 - Annual meeting of the International Semiotics Institute congress (Imatra - Finland) – On authenticity and inauthenticity in Popular music I – The Existential part
· February 2006 – Evtek Institute (Helsinki) – The functions of Music in Cinema 
· February 2006 – Lecture-concert “Italianness in Music” (University of Helsinki) – Introduction to Italianness in Music
· December 2005 – Symposium “Music and Media” (University of Helsinki) – Saving the Earth with dominant chords and delay effects: Cartoon musical themes in Italian TV
· November 2005 – Seminar on musical signification (University of Helsinki) - 537 entries (and still growing)! - The status of the art of zoomusicology 
· October 2005 – Conservatory of Potenza (Italy) – Introduction to zoomusicology
· October 2005 – Conservatory of Roma (Italy) – Introduction to zoomusicology
· October 2005 – Conservatory of Matera (Italy) – Introduction to zoomusicology
· September 2005 – “Eclectica” Musical avant-garde festival (Tartu, Estonia) - Error aesthetics and electronic music
· June 2005 - Annual meeting of the International Semiotics Institute congress (Imatra - Finland) – Serious fun: a zoosemiotic approach to play behaviour
· May 2005 – Univeristy of Tartu (Estonia) – When wrong is right – error aesthetics and music
· May 2005 – Symposium “Nonverbal Arts, Verbal Discourses” (London Metropolitan Univeristy, UK) – How musical is a whale? Introduction to zoomusicology
· January 2005 – University of Dortmund (Germany)
Soundtrack as time-detector, character-descriptor and inside-joker: the case of Back To The Future
· October 2004 – International Congress on Musical Signification (University of Paris - Sorbonne, France)
On authenticity and inauthenticity in the visual dimension of popular music
· August 2004 – Seminar in biosemiotics (University of Tartu. Estonia)
The question of anthropomorphism in the semiotic perspective
· July 2004 - Gatherings in biosemiotics (University of Prague, Czech Republic)
Organisation and form in zoomusicological structures
· June 2004 - Annual meeting of the International Semiotics Institute congress (Imatra - Finland) 
- Etic-emic and other dualisms in zoosemiotic research
- Introducing anthropological zoosemiotics
· May 2004 – Workshop on Uexküll, Cassirer and Lotman (University of Tartu, Estonia)
The Umwelt theory, as applied to zoomusicology
· May 2004 – University of Tartu (Estonia)
A semiotic approach to play behaviour 
· November 2003 – Estonian association of semiotics (Tallin - Estonia) 
The concept of ‘animal’ in the semiotic perspective 
· February 2003 - Annual meeting of the Semiotics Society of Finland (Imatra – Finland) 
Music as a social fact – A zoosemiotic perspective
· June 2002 - University of Bari (Italy) 
The human-animal relationship as ingroup-outgroup dynamics (in Italian)
· January 2001 and 2002 - Finnish-Russian Winter school in biological studies (Lammi - Finland)
Introduction to zoosemiotics
· December 2001 - Oscar Parland Days (Helsinki – Finland) 
A semiotic approach to the human-animal relationship
· May 2000 - University of Tampere (Finland) 
An introduction to biosemiotics
· May 1999 - Colloque d'ermeneutyque musicale (Strasbourg - France) 
Musical behaviour of the Megaptera Novaeangliae (in French)
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Chairmanships at congresses 
· June 2007 - World Congress of Semiotics IASS9 (Helsinki-Imatra, Finland) – Session: Globality of Languages
· September 2006 - International congress on musical signification (University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy) – Session: Dance, movement, space
· June 2006 - Annual meeting of the International Semiotics Institute congress (Imatra - Finland) – Session “Diversity, Asymmetry, Resistance”
· June 2005 - Annual meeting of the International Semiotics Institute congress (Imatra - Finland) – Session “New media, new semiotics, new mediation?”
· October 2004 – International Congress on Musical Signification (University of Paris - Sorbonne, France)
Session “Music and Media”
· September 2004 – Congress “Place and location” (University of Tartu. Estonia) – session “Places and processes”. 
· June 2004 - Annual meeting of the International Semiotics Institute congress (Imatra - Finland) – Session “New perspectives in biosemiotics”
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Scientific direction or co-direction of seminar/congresses 
· On-going: Co-director of the International Post-Doctoral Seminar in Semiotics (Helsinki, April 2008)
· June 2007 - Member of the scientific and organising committee of the Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies (Helsinki, June 2007)
· September 2006 - International Congress on Musical Signification (University of Tor Vergata, Roma)
· June 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 - Annual meeting of the International Semiotics Institute congress (Imatra - Finland)
· October 2003 and 2005 – Seminar on musical signification (University of Helsinki) 
· In progress: 
- Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies (Helsinki, June 2007)
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Musical composition 
Art/experimental music:

Works:
Musica Minuta (2005-in progress)
Do not feed the artists (2004-2005, with Petri Kuljuntausta)
Estetica dell’errore (2004-2005)
A zoomusicological essay (2003, with Petri Kuljuntausta)
Nightingale, you are the one (2007-in progress)

Relevant performances:
A zoomusicological essay (Gallery Leena Kumola, Helsinki, December 2003)
Do not feed the artists (Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, March 2005)
Do not feed the artists (”Eclectica” avant-garde musical festival, Tartu, Estonia)

Recordings:
Musica Minuta (publication scheduled for 2008)
Do not feed the artists (with Petri Kuljuntausta, publication scheduled for 2008)
Estetica dell’errore (with Anna Maria Castelli, publication scheduled for 2009) 

Music for theatre/cinema/TV/Radio:

Works:
Music for “Significant moments in the history of Semiotics” (Documentary, 2007)
Music for “I luoghi di Sibilla” (Documentary, 2006)
Themes and jingles for “SemioRadio” (with Ano Sirppiniemi. Radio program broadcasted by KSL Radio, Helsinki, Finland, 2006)
Themes and jingles for “RadioFo” (Radio program broadcasted by KSL Radio, Helsinki, Finland, 2006)
Musical arrangements for “Gaberchic” (Song-Theatre show 2004-2005)
Music for “Il cielo minaccia pioggia” (Theatre show 2004)
Music for “De Aleph” (Dance-Theatre show 1999)

Relevant performances:
De Aleph (Bologna) 1999

Songwriting:

Recordings:
(R)Esistere (with Anna Maria Castelli, publication scheduled for 2008)
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Media coverage 
Media coverage
March, 3rd 2006: 
Canale 5 (Italian private channel) – TV Interview
November, 26th 2005: 
Rai (Italian national broadcasting company) – Radio Interview
September, 1st 2003:
Yle 1(Finnish national broadcasting company) – Radio Interview
December, 19th 2002
Yle 1(Finnish national broadcasting company) – TV interview
December 2002
Universitas Helsingiensis (Finnish magazine) – “La musique est créatrice de bien-être" – article and interview
May, 21st 2002:
Yle 1 (Finnish national broadcasting company) – Radio Interview
May, 12th 2002:
Hufvudstadsbladet (Swedish newspaper) – “Också djur kan vara estetiker” – Article and interview
May, 11th 2002:
Savon Sanomat (Finnish newspaper) – “Musikaalisuus myös eläinten ominaisuus” - Article
May, 10th 2002:
Helsingin Sanomat (Finnish newspaper) – “Musiikki ei ole ihmisen yksinoikeus” - Article and interview
May 2002: 
Yliopisto (Finnish magazine) – “Miltä tupajumista tuntuu?” - Article and interview
May 2001: 
Yliopisto (Finnish magazine) – “Laulaa valaiden kanssa” - Article and interview
November, 4th 2000: 
Helsingin Sanomat (Finnish newspaper) – “Eläin on raaka-ainetta, kone tai holhokki” - Article and interview
January, 7th 2000: 
Rai (Italian national broadcasting company) – Radio Interview 
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List of publications   

(doc version)     

Scientific monographs

2007
--- (ed. by) IF – Journal of Italo-Finnish studies. 2007 (1)
--- Zoosemiotics: proposals for a handbook. Helsinki/Imatra: ISI
--- (ed. by) Stili, stilemi, stilismi. Helsinki: Umweb
2006
--- (ed. by) Finland-Italy: a few comparisons, Helsinki: Umweb 
2004 
--- (ed. by) Semiotics from S to S, Helsinki: Umweb
2002 
--- How musical is a whale? Towards a theory of zoomusicology, Helsinki/Imatra: ISI

Forthcoming

2008
--- Dall’inganno alla musica in tre mosse. Milano: Il Saggiatore
--- Tra suono e immagine: avvertenze e multimodalità d'uso. Taranto: Barbieri e Selvaggi
--- Authenticity and other double-edged words. Helsinki/Imatra: ISI
2009
--- A critical companion of zoosemiotics – Words, people, ideas. Berlin: Springer
--- Of birds, whales and other musicians - an introduction to zoomusicology. University of Scranton Press

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Articles in international scientific journals

2007
--- “David Lynch, regista suonato”, in Cult movie 1

2006
--- “State of the art report: zoosemiotics”, in Semiotix 6
--- “The musical circle - The umwelt theory, as applied to zoomusicology”, in Sign System Studies, 32/1.2

2005
--- "A whale of a sonata: zoomusicology and the question of musical structures", in SEED, 5/1

2004
--- "Piccole scienze crescono: il caso della zoomusicologia", in Musica/Realtà 74
--- "Liars, players and artists: a triadic zoosemiotic relation", in Semiotica 150 – 1/4

2002 
--- "Semiotinis tyrimas: zoomuzikologijos metodikos ir problemos", in Kulturos Barai, 6 (451)

2001 
--- "Methodologies and problems in zoomusicology", in Sign System Studies, 29/1 

2000
--- "Merenneidon Laulut, Laiskiasen Skaalat", in Synteesi, 4

1999
--- "Il canto della megattera: una musica bestiale!", in Musica/Realtà 60

1996
--- "Una teoria della velocità", in Quaderni di Musica Applicata, 19

Forthcoming:
--- "4 ages of underrating: philosophy and zoösemiotic issues", in Semiotica
--- "Authenticity and inauthenticity in popular and electronic music - A review on Eero Tarasti’s Existential Semiotics", in Semiotica
--- "Biocentrism: A Necessary Turn For Zoosemiotics", in Semiotica up

Articles in international compilation works and in international scientific proceedings

2007
--- Entry “Zossemiotics” in the On-line Encyclopaedia of Semiotics, ed. by Paul Bouissac
--- “Nature of Music/Music of Nature: An introduction of zoomusicology”. In Biosemiotic research trends, ed. by Marcello Barbieri. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, New York
--- “L’estetica dell’errore come strategia stilistica nella popular music”. In Stili, stilemi, stilismi (ed. by Dario Martinelli). Helsinki: Umweb

2006
--- "More or less music: a zoosemiotic approach to the definition of musical phenomena" in Music and Arts, ed. by Eero Tarasti, Helsinki: Acta Semiotica Fennica
--- “Language and Interspecific Communication: a case to re-open”, in Introduction to biosemiotics. Berlin: Springer
--- “Animal experimentation and the (im)possible equation: an Italo-Finnish comparative analysis” in Finland-Italy: a few comparisons, ed. by Dario Martinelli and Lina Navickaite, Helsinki: Umweb. 
--- “Saving the Earth with a dominant chord and some delay: cartoon music themes in Italian TV” (in Music, meaning and media, ed. by Richard Littlefield, Erkki Pekkilä and David Neumeyer. Helsinki-Imatra: ISI)

2005
--- Entry "Zoomusicologia", in Dizionario della Musica nella Globalità dei Linguaggi (ed. by Gino Stefani and Stefania Guerra Lisi) Lucca: LIM
--- "Quei quattro elementi di Liverpool", in Dizionario della Musica nella Globalità dei Linguaggi (ed. by Gino Stefani and Stefania Guerra Lisi) Lucca: LIM 
--- "Sissejuhatus antropoloogilisse zoosemiootikasse. Inimeste ja teiste loomade vahelise suhte semiootiline käsitlus" in Acta Semiotica Estica II. Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus
--- "More or less music: a zoosemiotic approach to the definition of musical phenomena". In Music and Arts. Helsinki: Acta Semiotica Fennica

2004 
--- "S for Salmon – Writing in the style of Umberto Eco", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb
--- "S for Sebeok – introducing anthropological zoosemiotics", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb
--- "S for Singalong – Popular music and pacifism", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb
--- "S for Soccer – Semiotics applied to football", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb 
--- "S for Spare time – Playing with semiotics", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb
--- "S for Splitting – Leave your partner with Greimasian modalities", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb 
--- "S for Stumble – A semiotic analysis of error aesthetics", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb
--- "S for Swindle – Deceiving behaviour in animals", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb
--- [et al.] "S for Strawberry Fields – towards a systematic analysis of Beatlesesque repertoire", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb
--- [et al.] "S for Synergy – an interdisciplinary talk about animal experimentation", in Semiotics from S to S. Helsinki-Dortmund: Umweb

2003 
--- "Symptomatology of a semiotic research: the case of zoömusicology", in Musical Semiotics Revisited (ed. by Eero Tarasti). Helsinki: Acta semiotica Fennica. 

2002 
--- "Kaunotar ja hirviö: Toislajisten eläinten esteettiset merkit", in Eläin Ihmisen Mielenmaisemassa (ed. by Henni Ilomäki and Outi Lauhakangas), Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura

2001 
--- "Elementi animati", in I quattro elementi nella Globalità dei Linguaggi (ed. by Gino Stefani and Stefania Guerra Lisi), Roma: Borla
--- "Nature de la Musique / Musique de la Nature", in Approches herméneutiques de la musique (ed. by Jacques Viret). Strasbourg: Presses universitaires de Strasbourg.

Forthcoming: 
--- "Binary problems within a binary issue: etic-emic and other nightmares in zoosemiotics" (proceedings from Imatra ISI congress 2004)
--- "Biocentrism and music : getting married soon" (proceedings from Helsinki’s Doctoral seminar in musical semiotics, 2002)
--- “How spatial is a whale? – Places and processes in zoomusicology” (proceedings from Tallin-Tartu Locations congress 2004)
--- “Autenticità, musica elettronica e la Finlandia – Il caso dei Nu Science” (proceedings from St. Remy congress on musical signification 2004) up