Sebastián Matias Muñoz-Tapia is a sociologist from the University of Chile with a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the National University of San Martín and a musician. He is the coordinator of the rap and technology project (@rapytecnologias, https://www.rapytecnologias.com), which explores the relationship between this music and technological changes in Chile, especially with regard to digitalization (Fondo de la Música Folio N° 632529). He is currently doing a postdoctoral research in the Department of Anthropology at Alberto Hurtado University (ANID Proyecto N° 3220141), where he is conducting research on música urbana. He participates in the Millennium Nucleus on Musical and Sound Cultures (CMUS), the Latin American Hip Hop Studies Network (PEJ-CLACSO), the Public Action Group (Instituto Gino Germani) and the Musicology Study Group of Phonographic Production (Instituto Nacional de Musicología Carlos Vega). In addition, he made the documentary Buenos Aires Rap (2014), has published various academic articles, and has collaborated as a DJ with various hip hop music groups in Chile and Argentina.
Contact: Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Almirante Barroso 10, Santiago, Chile.
