Vivoscapes : an ecosemiotic contribution to the ecological theory

Farina, A; James, P

Abstract

Vivoscape, from Latin ‘vivo’ (living) and the English ‘scape’ (shape and form of a place) is presented as a new ecosemiotic agency that integrates the interactions between biological and ecological components of a taxon with the environment. According to this model, the interactions between species and the environment are fused into a new functional unity driven by external and internal events (vivoevents). Sensorial and relational channels are used by a taxon to sense external energy gradient, matter, information and to return actions and proactions in an external operational environment. The eco-field model is suggested as the functional ecosemiotic mechanism associated with each vivoevent.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 3, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Mar 15, 2021
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Mar 3, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 16, 2021
• Journal: Biosemiotics
• Print ISSN: 1875-1342
• Electronic ISSN: 1875-1350
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 419-431
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-021-09406-2
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-021-09406-2
• Related Public URLs: http://link.springer.com/journal/12304
• Additional Information: Funders : Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo