Re: [xmca] Activity Theory and Music Performance

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Luc--

You may find the article, "the sound of the violin" by Ernst Boesch of
interest. It is not an activity theory paper but it has an interesting
discussion in Boesch's cultural-psychological framework that traces the
history of making sounds and making instruments to make new sounds that
includes some cultural history and ontongeny.

It can be found by googling "sound of violin" and the lchc home page.
mike

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 3:14 AM, luc nijs <info@lucnijs.be> wrote:

>  Hello dear all,
>
> As a PhD student in musicology, I investigate the relationship between
> musician and musical instrument and in particular the idea that the
> instrument becomes like an extension of the musician's body.
> In my theoretical account of this relationship I use Activity Theory.
> Recently, I have written an article which will be published on the occasion
> of the Memca 2010 conference in Köln.
> I wish to continue applying Activity Theory in my research because I think
> that the research paradigm in which my PhD is situated, the Embodied Music
> Cognition framework, and AT can complement each other in a significant way.
> Of course I have much to learn about AT. Next to reading numerous books and
> articles, I thought it might be a good idea to ask AT experts to review my
> writings.
> Therefor I send this mail to the XMCA-list, hoping that one or more AT
> experts that are subscribed to this list would want to devote some of their
> time to read my article and send me a critical review.
> I don't know whether this is done or not done, but I know I can learn a lot
> from this and maybe it can even lead to a fruitful dialogue on the topic of
> music performance and AT.
>
> If you are willing to do this, please send me a mail so I can send you my
> text.
> I really hope this will happen and I look forward to it.
>
> Thank you very much and kind regards,
> Luc
>
> --
> Luc Nijs
> doctoral researcher
> IPEM - Dept. of Musicology - Ghent University
> + 32 (0)9/264.41.22 - 0498/26.43.02
> luc.nijs@ugent.be  - ipem.lucnijs.be
>
> --
> Luc Nijs
> doctoral researcher
> IPEM - Dept. of Musicology - Ghent University
> + 32 (0)9/264.41.22 - 0498/26.43.02
> luc.nijs@ugent.be  - ipem.lucnijs.be
>
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