TY - CHAP

T1 - A cultural approach toward the notion of the instrument

AU - Brunner, Christoph

PY - 2009/9

Y1 - 2009/9

N2 - In the field of computer music research the development of new input devices for musical performance and sound interaction plays an important role. This paper explores the cultural implications embedded in the use and concept of the notion of the instrument in such fields. Cultural implications in this particular context are the meaning structures that evolve from knowledge expressed through language and developed through practices. The main focus of this inquiry is based on the potential to detect the impact of new computer music research on its socio-cultural environment. Concepts such as assemblage and ecology will propose alternative ways to address the hybrid relational (interdisciplinary) networks that create such input devices. This approach proposes alternative models to conceptualize interaction as performative relations between humans and nonhumans, as outlined in the domain of Science and Technology Studies. Computer research interweaves the cultural dimensions with a social context and foregrounds the political implications signified by its practices and technologies.

AB - In the field of computer music research the development of new input devices for musical performance and sound interaction plays an important role. This paper explores the cultural implications embedded in the use and concept of the notion of the instrument in such fields. Cultural implications in this particular context are the meaning structures that evolve from knowledge expressed through language and developed through practices. The main focus of this inquiry is based on the potential to detect the impact of new computer music research on its socio-cultural environment. Concepts such as assemblage and ecology will propose alternative ways to address the hybrid relational (interdisciplinary) networks that create such input devices. This approach proposes alternative models to conceptualize interaction as performative relations between humans and nonhumans, as outlined in the domain of Science and Technology Studies. Computer research interweaves the cultural dimensions with a social context and foregrounds the political implications signified by its practices and technologies.

KW - Music education

KW - Cultural studies

KW - (Epistemic) cultures

KW - Apparatus

KW - Assemblage

KW - Ecology

KW - Environment

KW - Instrument

KW - Network

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905918382&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 9780971319271

T3 - International Computer Music Conference Proceedings

SP - 347

EP - 350

BT - Proceedings of the 2009 International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2009

A2 - Scavone, Gary

A2 - Verfaille , Vincent

A2 - da Silva , Andrey

PB - Michigan Publishing

CY - Montreal

T2 - International Computer Music Conference - 2009

Y2 - 16 August 2009 through 21 August 2009

ER -