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

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

A. Cavan Fyans, Adnan Marquez-Borbon, Paul Stapleton, and Michael Gurevich. 2012. Ecological considerations for participatory design of DMIs. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178257

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}
}