Workshop on Ubiquitous Music 2019 (UbiMus 2019)

Ubiquitous music (ubimus) is a new area of research grounded on recent developments in artistic practice, community-based educational approaches and convergent technological advances that target the expansion of the creative resources for non-musicians and for musicians in everyday contexts. Ubimus proposals encompass research based on ubiquitous and mobile computing, DIY electronics, participatory design, ecologically based creative practice and interaction aesthetics, highlighting emerging issues such as the artistic use of the Internet of Musical Things (IoMusT), the strategies for support of everyday musical creativity and the enhanced possibilities of lay-musician interaction.

We welcome demonstrations and position papers that target conceptual, technological or artistic explorations of current or future ubimus scenarios. This Ubiquitous Music Workshop will feature artistic, technical and theoretical discussions to encourage new collaborations among research groups based in Europe and Brazil. A key objective is to draft a research agenda that addresses issues such as sustainability, social acceptability and the expanded access to musical creative practices in both central and peripheral countries. This initial bridge between the CMMR and the ubimus communities promises to be fruitful and fun. We look forward to your contributions!

Topics and goals, centered on sound and music making:
participatory design
DIY electronics
professional and everyday creativity
digital arts
information technology creative practices
community-oriented educational technologies
ubiquitous and mobile computing
embedded-embodied cognition
computer-supported collaboration
lay-musician interaction
music interaction design
interaction aesthetics
internet of musical things

All selected works - demonstrations, position papers, artistic presentations and full papers - will address aspects of ubimus research. Priority will be given to proposals that feature actual musical, computational or experimental results, targeting research problems such as sustainability, social acceptability and the pursuit for a wider access to creative music making.

Paper and music submission deadline: 1 May 2019
Notification of acceptance: 15 June 2019
Camera-ready deadline: 1 July 2019
Author registration deadline: 15 July 2019

Submission and registration through the CMMR2019: https://cmmr2019.prism.cnrs.fr/callUbiquitous.html