Collective Attachments and Community Responsibilities: The Impact of NIME Research
Tove Grimstad Bang (STMS-Ircam-CNRS-Sorbonne Université)*; Florent Berthaut (CRISTAL Université de Lille); Benedict R. Gaster (University of West of England); Raul Masu (Conservatory of Music F. A. Bonporti)
- The registration for this workshop is managed by the workshop organisers. Please check the workshop's website page for more information
- Type: In person
- Room Location: 017
- Full day (9am-6pm)
- Signup Deadline: June 9th AoE
- Contact Email: here
Abstract:
Digital technologies are deeply intertwined with music. They make way for collectives and communities of practice to form, often in dialectic processes of practice shaping technology and technology shaping practice. They enable new forms of artistic creation, expression, and distribution, and are the reasons why communities like NIME exist. At the same time, digital technologies have a growing environmental footprint, from manufacturing and mineral extraction for devices, as well as the energy consumption and waste associated with digital infrastructures, altogether contributing to environmental degradation. Hence, we are in a situation where many of the activities and infrastructures related to digital technology, and to NIME research, cannot or should not be maintained in the future if we want the earth to remain liveable, despite our complex attachments to these. This workshop aims to create a space of structured, collective reflection, for members of the NIME community to discuss the consequences of our research, the values that it conveys, and to make a first step towards imagining what a redirection of NIME research could look like in mid- to long-term trajectories towards sustainability. What renouncements or substitutions are required for NIME to move towards alternative practices, ‘subtractive’ practices, ‘doing without’ or ‘doing with less’?
Workshop website: https://tovebang.com/workshop/nime26.html