Indexação no âmbito do streaming musical: considerações teóricas a partir da produção científica brasileira

Abstract

This paper presents a bibliographic study of scientific articles on the topic of music indexing on digital platforms. It aims to verify the theoretical approaches to music streaming indexing, from the perspective of Brazilian scientific production in Library Science and Information Science. The specific objectives are: to research the literature produced between 2013 and 2023 on music indexing and streaming in the Brapci and Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD) databases and the proceedings of the Enancib event; to understand patterns and note the impressions extracted, with a view to visualizing theoretical developments in the works on the topic of indexing of streaming platforms. Methodologically, it constitutes descriptive research, of a qualitative-quantitative nature and bibliographic context, considering the emphasis on data collection, namely applied to works in the form of theses and dissertations published in Internet databases, after their approval by a competent examining board. It therefore complies with the search by subject in the aforementioned databases, using the expressions “music indexing”, “streaming” and “Spotify” in the search. The immediate results of the works returned in the search demonstrate a particular scarcity in the publication of theses and dissertations specialized in the niche of music indexing in streaming media; although it is a theme that permeates the context of platforms such as Spotify, a music streaming platform that is immensely successful among young audiences, it can be inferred that the reflection has not been direct in the establishment of research in Brazilian postgraduate programs. It concludes that the scientific production on music streaming indexing can still be considered quite limited, negligible in the case of the production of theses and dissertations. It is suggested, as a future research path, the limited exploration of the other works retrieved, contemplating the context of streaming not only music, with a view to comparative incursion into the forms of approach to this subject.