A conceptual foundation for understanding musico-technological creativity

Slater, Mark; Martin, Adam

Abstract

The point of departure for this article is the observation that increasing numbers of people are using technologies to create music. This rise in activity correlates directly with the proliferation of increasingly miniaturized music technologies which, in turn, implies an increasingly fluid level of mobility. As technologies get smaller and lighter, locations previously unusable for musico-technology creativity become available. We assert that the context of creativity (including sociocultural and local-architectural dimensions) is inextricably entwined with the nature of creativity. We set out a theoretical view that can trace and capture the relationship between the context and nature of creativity using an approach informed by phenomenology and critical realism. By understanding the essence of the invariant characteristics of musico-technological creativity, the connecting sinews between the more familiar, centralized enactments (recording a drum kit in a studio) and the less localized, less formalized enactments (making a track from scratch on the train platform with a mobile phone) can be drawn out. © 2012 Intellect Ltd Article. English language.

Citation

Slater, M., & Martin, A. (2012). A conceptual foundation for understanding musico-technological creativity. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 5(1), 59-76. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte.5.1.59_1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Publication Date: May 22, 2012
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Journal: Journal of music, technology and education
• Print ISSN: 1752-7066
• Electronic ISSN: 1752-7074
• Publisher: Intellect
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 59-76
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jmte.5.1.59_1
• Keywords: Education; Music; Computer Science Applications
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/473088