Faculty Publications
Ecologies of Practice in Musical Performance
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book/Conference Title
MUSICultures
Volume
45
Issue
1-2
First Page
215
Last Page
237
Abstract
This article presents an ecological model of musical performance drawn from the field of Gibsonian Ecological Psychology and the techniques of Actor-Network Theory as explicated by Bruno Latour and others. Citing a wide body of empirical research, it is argued that musicians and their musical instruments exist in an ecological relationship at the level of embodied gesture. Furthermore, it is proposed that every act of musicking amounts to a construction of a network of actors that define an “Ecology of Practice,” a thick description more fully encompassing the complexities of musicking than traditional notions of performance practice.
Department
School of Music
Original Publication Date
3-26-2019
Recommended Citation
Harlow, Randall, "Ecologies of Practice in Musical Performance" (2019). Faculty Publications. 6604.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/6604