Support modifications in the history of urban inscriptions

Abstract

According to Correa (2016), urban inscriptions can be understood as a set of semiotic practices whose social dynamics show the interdependence among “levels of pertinence” (Fontanille, 2008). Thus, when assessing the history of urban inscriptions, a core of transformations driven by practices, and a trigger for tensions that promote change and conservation over time are identified in the support. Thus, we take the proposals of Dondero and Reyes (2016) on the question of support in semiotics to address the development of urban inscription practices in relation to the use of support and its impact on the plasticity of the enunciated texts. In this way, it is possible to take another step towards the analysis of a social phenomenon whose dynamism and multiplicity defy theoretical understanding.