The entanglements which make instruments musical
Rediscovering sociality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7857589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Water (0000-0002-7668-1880, SARC, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-146 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of New Music Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-8215 • E-ISSN: 1744-5027 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09298215.2021.1899247 |
| OpenAlex | W3134340609 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
A thing becomes a musical instrument by virtue of its use in a social context, a use of which its initial intended design (if it had one) forms only a part: sometimes a very small part.Drawing on the notion of the ‘performance ecosystem’ this papersuggests that instrument designers/makers working with digital technologies might fruitfully attend further to the social contexts/constructs that characterise every level of musicking. It looks at the emergent, situated co-development of player, instrument and environment, suggesting that humans habitually use instruments to sense out, test and probe the possibilities of self-other relations in dynamic, mutually-engaging, and often playful and improvised behaviours.1
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Human–computer interaction · Musical · Musical instrument · Situated · Sociality · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · History · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |