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The proto-langspil: launching an Icelandic NIME research lab with the help of a marginalised instrument
conference contribution
posted on 2023-06-10, 03:11 authored by Jack Armitage, Thor MagnussonThor Magnusson, Victor Shepardson, Halldor UlfarssonHistorically marginalised instruments witness and bear vital stories that can deeply affect identity and galvanise communities when revitalised. We present the proto-langspil as a contemporary interpretation of the langspil, an Icelandic monochord-like folk instrument, and describe its agential and performative contributions to the first Icelandic NIME research lab. This paper describes how the proto-langspil has served as an instrument in establishing the research methodology of our new lab and concretised the research agenda via a series of encounters with music performers and composers, luthiers, anthropologists, musicologists, designers and philosophers. These encounters have informed and challenged our research practices, mapped our surroundings, and embedded us in the local social fabric. We share our proto-langspil for replication, and reflect on encounters as a methodology framing mechanism that eschews the more traditional empirical approaches in HCI. We conclude with a final provocation for NIME researchers to embrace AI research with an open mind.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Journal
New Interfaces for Musical Expression proceedingsISSN
2220-4806Publisher
NIMEExternal DOI
Event name
New Interfaces For Musical ExpressionEvent location
New ZealandEvent type
conferenceEvent date
28 June – 1 July 2022Place of publication
New ZealandDepartment affiliated with
- Music Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes