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Abstract
The global COVID-19 pandemic has been an extraordinary situation. Social-distancing has impacted the vast majority of people, reorganising society, physically separating us from friends, family and colleagues. Collectively we found ourselves in a distributed state, reliant upon digital technologies to maintain social and professional connections. Some activities can translate unabated to a digital medium, with benefits, such as the convenience inherent in many online shopping and banking services. Other activities, particularly those which are collaborative and personal, including music-making or design, may need to be re-framed and re-thought due to the absence of in-person contact.
In Northern Ireland, the Performance Without Barriers (PwB) research group works with disabled artists from the Drake Music Project Northern Ireland (DMNI) to identify ways in which technology can remove access barriers to musicking. Since disabled people are experts in their unique lived experience of disability, they must be involved in the design process, an approach known as participatory design. Many of us are still adjusting to the new normal, only beginning to understand the impact of distributed digital living. In this article, we examine how the work of PwB has been affected, changed and adapted during the pandemic, expanding ideas of distributed creativity to the notion of distributed design. The authors formalise the concept of distributed participatory design, an approach which classifies PwBs current research activities in the area of accessible music technology (AMT) design and improvised musicking. Consideration is given to the impact distribution has on degrees of participation.
In Northern Ireland, the Performance Without Barriers (PwB) research group works with disabled artists from the Drake Music Project Northern Ireland (DMNI) to identify ways in which technology can remove access barriers to musicking. Since disabled people are experts in their unique lived experience of disability, they must be involved in the design process, an approach known as participatory design. Many of us are still adjusting to the new normal, only beginning to understand the impact of distributed digital living. In this article, we examine how the work of PwB has been affected, changed and adapted during the pandemic, expanding ideas of distributed creativity to the notion of distributed design. The authors formalise the concept of distributed participatory design, an approach which classifies PwBs current research activities in the area of accessible music technology (AMT) design and improvised musicking. Consideration is given to the impact distribution has on degrees of participation.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Organised Sound |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 15 May 2021 |
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Queen's University Belfast: Arts, English and Languages (AEL) Online Showcase 2021
Franziska Schroeder (Invited speaker), Damian Mills (Speaker) & Leonid Kuzmenko (Speaker)
09 Mar 2021 → 12 Mar 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Distributed Creativity - Invited Talk on Network Music at SARC Since 2006
Franziska Schroeder (Invited speaker)
28 Jul 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Distributed Listening - Network Music and Tools which make us think
Franziska Schroeder (Invited speaker)
03 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference