Alexander Deweppe

User-Oriented Studies in Embodied Music Cognition Research

Music research aims at developing a research space that, in a proactive sense, can support the development of creative and cultural industries. In that context, we argue that a focus on users and their experiences in using tools may become more important in music research. It implies an expansion of the traditional methods of music psychology with methods that can address relevant features of musical action and musical tool use. This paper discusses epistemological and methodological issues related to this development.

An embodied music cognition approach to multilevel interactive sonification

In this paper, a new conceptual framework and related implementation for interactive sonification is introduced. The conceptual framework consists of a combination of three components, namely, gestalt-based electroacoustic composition techniques (sound), user and body-centered spatial exploration (body), and corporeal mediation technology (tools), which are brought together within an existing paradigm of embodied music cognition. The implementation of the conceptual framework is based on an iterative process that involves the development of several use cases. Through this methodology, it is possible to investigate new approaches for structuring and to interactively explore multivariable data through sound.