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The Problem of DMI Adoption and Longevity: Envisioning a NIME Performance Pedagogy

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Marquez-Borbon, Adnan, Martinez-Avila, Juan Pablo·2018·Zenodo
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.1302540
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This paper addresses the prevailing longevity problem of digital musical instruments (DMIs) in NIME research and design by proposing a holistic system design approach. Despite recent efforts to examine the main contributing factors of DMI falling into obsolescence, such attempts to remedy this issue largely place focus on the artifacts establishing themselves, their design processes and technologies. However, few existing studies have attempted to proactively build a community around technological platforms for DMIs, whilst bearing in mind the social dynamics and activities necessary for a budding community. We observe that such attempts while important in their undertaking, are limited in their scope. In this paper we will discuss that achieving some sort of longevity must be addressed beyond the device itself and must tackle broader ecosystemic factors. We hypothesize, that a longevous DMI design must not only take into account a target community but it may also require a non-traditional pedagogical system that sustains artistic practice.

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  • A general lack of musical pedagogies and repertoire for these instruments hinders their adoption and longevity.

    “a general lack of musical pedagogies and repertoire for these instruments, which not only hinders their adoption and longevity [147]”

    From Hands-Free Accessible Digital Musical Instruments: Conceptual Framework, Challenges, and Perspectives (2020) · cites this paper as [147]

    Section 2.3 says that establishing DMI repertoire is challenging and that learning is complicated by a lack of formal structures. The Abstract links pedagogy to longevity, but frames the need for a pedagogical system as a hypothesis, not an established causal finding that these shortages hinder both adoption and longevity. Our copy provides no page numbers for these passages. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Marquez-Borbon, A., & Martinez-Avila, J. P.
Affiliations
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (MX)
ORCID
Marquez-Borbon, Adnan
Venue
Zenodo
Publisher
Zenodo
Published
2018-06-01
Pages
190-195
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.1302540
OpenAlex
W2982291305
Cited by
26
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1
FWCI
1.21
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (cc-by)
  • New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Funders
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L019981/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Music Technology and Sound Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Art, Technology, and Culture
Keywords
digital musical instruments, Nîmes, obsolescence, system design, community building, technology platforms, performance pedagogy, artistic practice

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