Ecological considerations for participatory design of DMIs

A. Cavan Fyans, Adnan Marquez-Borbon, Paul Stapleton, and Michael Gurevich

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2012
• Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Keywords: participatory design, DMIs, skill, cognition, spectator
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178257 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

A study is presented examining the participatory design of digital musical interactions. The study takes into consideration the entire ecology of digital musical interactions including the designer, performer and spectator. A new instrument is developed through iterative participatory design involving a group of performers. Across the study the evolution of creative practice and skill development in an emerging community of practice is examined and a spectator study addresses the cognition of performance and the perception of skill with the instrument. Observations are presented regarding the cognition of a novel interaction and evolving notions of skill. The design process of digital musical interactions is reflected on focusing on involvement of the spectator in design contexts.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Fyans2012,
 abstract = {A study is presented examining the participatory design of digital musical interactions. The study takes into consideration the entire ecology of digital musical interactions including the designer, performer and spectator. A new instrument is developed through iterative participatory design involving a group of performers. Across the study the evolution of creative practice and skill development in an emerging community of practice is examined and a spectator study addresses the cognition of performance and the perception of skill with the instrument. Observations are presented regarding the cognition of a novel interaction and evolving notions of skill. The design process of digital musical interactions is reflected on focusing on involvement of the spectator in design contexts.},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan},
 author = {A. Cavan Fyans and Adnan Marquez-Borbon and Paul Stapleton and Michael Gurevich},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178257},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {participatory design, DMIs, skill, cognition, spectator},
 publisher = {University of Michigan},
 title = {Ecological considerations for participatory design of DMIs},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2012/nime2012_253.pdf},
 year = {2012}
}