The Longevity of Bespoke, Accessible Music Technology: A Case for Community

Alex Lucas, Miguel Ortiz, and Franziska Schroeder

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Based on the experience garnered through a longitudinal ethnographic study, the authors reflect on the practice of designing and fabricating bespoke, accessible music tech- nologies. Of particular focus are the social, technical and environmental factors at play which make the provision of such technology a reality. The authors make suggestions of ways to achieve long-term, sustained use. Seemingly those involved in its design, fabrication and use could benefit from a concerted effort to share resources, knowledge and skill as a mobilised community of practitioners.

Citation:

Alex Lucas, Miguel Ortiz, and Franziska Schroeder. 2020. The Longevity of Bespoke, Accessible Music Technology: A Case for Community. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4813338

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{NIME20_46,
 abstract = {Based on the experience garnered through a longitudinal ethnographic study, the authors reflect on the practice of designing and fabricating bespoke, accessible music tech- nologies. Of particular focus are the social, technical and environmental factors at play which make the provision of such technology a reality. The authors make suggestions of ways to achieve long-term, sustained use. Seemingly those involved in its design, fabrication and use could benefit from a concerted effort to share resources, knowledge and skill as a mobilised community of practitioners.},
 address = {Birmingham, UK},
 author = {Lucas, Alex and Ortiz, Miguel and Schroeder, Franziska},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.4813338},
 editor = {Romain Michon and Franziska Schroeder},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {July},
 pages = {243--248},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/cLguyuZ9weI},
 publisher = {Birmingham City University},
 title = {The Longevity of Bespoke, Accessible Music Technology: A Case for Community},
 url = {https://www.nime.org/proceedings/2020/nime2020_paper46.pdf},
 year = {2020}
}