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Chapter 12 Exploring Attention Through Technologically-Mediated Musical Improvisation: An Enactive-Ecological Perspective

  • Lauren Hayes und Juan M. Loaiza
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Access and Mediation
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Abstract

In this chapter we consider attention from an enactive-ecological perspective in which the organism-with-environment interdependencies that emerge in the process of living are fundamental and necessary for understanding cognition (Thompson 2010). While technological advances have often provided an impetus for empirical studies of attention, we propose, moreover, that such developments have enabled the facilitation of new highly participatory forms of musicking. In these types of technologically-mediated musical interactions, there is fertile ground for exploring attention within the types of organizational dynamics that emerge over time between group members within musical situations, especially those related to improvisation. We propose three enactive-ecological themes that we develop in terms of three ranges of timescales of attention modulation. The purpose of the three themes and associated timescales is to provide a way of making distinctions and disentangling processes while doing justice to the complex interdependencies of organizational dynamics (Gahrn-Andersen et al. 2019). Firstly, we consider the notion of habit which affirms the interdependencies between organism and environment as a fundamentally embodied process of identity generation (James and Loaiza 2020). Secondly, we consider the role of attention within social interactivity, whereby attention can be said to emerge within the processes of participatory sense-making (De Jaegher and Di Paolo 2007). Finally, we propose that while attention has often been articulated through ocularcentric metaphors of focus or illumination, a more fruitful approach might involve articulating the speed, strength, or amplification of such dynamics as a processual, non-static paradigm. Technologically-mediated musical practices, particularly ones which involve improvisational modes of playing, offer not only an environment in which these ideas can be studied, but also provide participatory and experiential platforms for interdisciplinary research (Hayes 2019).

Abstract

In this chapter we consider attention from an enactive-ecological perspective in which the organism-with-environment interdependencies that emerge in the process of living are fundamental and necessary for understanding cognition (Thompson 2010). While technological advances have often provided an impetus for empirical studies of attention, we propose, moreover, that such developments have enabled the facilitation of new highly participatory forms of musicking. In these types of technologically-mediated musical interactions, there is fertile ground for exploring attention within the types of organizational dynamics that emerge over time between group members within musical situations, especially those related to improvisation. We propose three enactive-ecological themes that we develop in terms of three ranges of timescales of attention modulation. The purpose of the three themes and associated timescales is to provide a way of making distinctions and disentangling processes while doing justice to the complex interdependencies of organizational dynamics (Gahrn-Andersen et al. 2019). Firstly, we consider the notion of habit which affirms the interdependencies between organism and environment as a fundamentally embodied process of identity generation (James and Loaiza 2020). Secondly, we consider the role of attention within social interactivity, whereby attention can be said to emerge within the processes of participatory sense-making (De Jaegher and Di Paolo 2007). Finally, we propose that while attention has often been articulated through ocularcentric metaphors of focus or illumination, a more fruitful approach might involve articulating the speed, strength, or amplification of such dynamics as a processual, non-static paradigm. Technologically-mediated musical practices, particularly ones which involve improvisational modes of playing, offer not only an environment in which these ideas can be studied, but also provide participatory and experiential platforms for interdisciplinary research (Hayes 2019).

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction. Access and Mediation: Attention Beyond Selectivity 1
  4. Part 1: Attention and Access
  5. Chapter 1 Introspection and Access: Some Conceptual Remarks on Attention and the Sense of Agency 23
  6. Chapter 2 Aesthetic Attention and Change of Perspectives 43
  7. Chapter 3 Attention in Joint Attention: From Selection to Prioritization 65
  8. Chapter 4 Sharing Attention, Sharing Affordances: From Dyadic Interaction to Collective Information 91
  9. Chapter 5 Attention as Vigilant Openness 113
  10. Chapter 6 Different Ways of Attending to Experience: Formalizing the Phenomenological Epoché to Translate Between Science and Philosophy 135
  11. Part 2: Attention and Mediation
  12. Chapter 7 The Role of Attention and Intention in Dreams 163
  13. Chapter 8 Improving Attention in Psychosis With Digital Tools 189
  14. Chapter 9 Attending to Your Lifestyle: Self-Tracking Technologies and Relevance 217
  15. Chapter 10 Attention and Technology: From Focusing to Multiple Attentions 239
  16. Chapter 11 How Can Attention Seeking Be Good? From Strategic Ignorance to Self-Experiments 259
  17. Chapter 12 Exploring Attention Through Technologically-Mediated Musical Improvisation: An Enactive-Ecological Perspective 279
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110647242-013

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction. Access and Mediation: Attention Beyond Selectivity 1
  4. Part 1: Attention and Access
  5. Chapter 1 Introspection and Access: Some Conceptual Remarks on Attention and the Sense of Agency 23
  6. Chapter 2 Aesthetic Attention and Change of Perspectives 43
  7. Chapter 3 Attention in Joint Attention: From Selection to Prioritization 65
  8. Chapter 4 Sharing Attention, Sharing Affordances: From Dyadic Interaction to Collective Information 91
  9. Chapter 5 Attention as Vigilant Openness 113
  10. Chapter 6 Different Ways of Attending to Experience: Formalizing the Phenomenological Epoché to Translate Between Science and Philosophy 135
  11. Part 2: Attention and Mediation
  12. Chapter 7 The Role of Attention and Intention in Dreams 163
  13. Chapter 8 Improving Attention in Psychosis With Digital Tools 189
  14. Chapter 9 Attending to Your Lifestyle: Self-Tracking Technologies and Relevance 217
  15. Chapter 10 Attention and Technology: From Focusing to Multiple Attentions 239
  16. Chapter 11 How Can Attention Seeking Be Good? From Strategic Ignorance to Self-Experiments 259
  17. Chapter 12 Exploring Attention Through Technologically-Mediated Musical Improvisation: An Enactive-Ecological Perspective 279
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