Music, Technology and Interaction (MTI), research centre at University of Liverpool, and the RMA Practice Study Group are pleased to announce a study day centred around embodied research methods in music and sound.
Research methods are normatively thought of as the strategies and processes used to collect data or evidence to uncover new knowledge on a topic. This study day centres the role of the body in creative practice research using technology. What methods are specific to these practices and their research processes? How can methods from other paradigms be adapted for embodied practice research?
Practitioners are encouraged to apply who are working in arts practice/practice research methodologies or engineering/STEM methodologies in music and sound, for whom embodiment forms a significant methodology in their research process, for example:
- where the insights of the research process are themselves embodied – e.g. new techniques, relational methods, training paradigms, etc.
- where embodied work serves as a substantial organising principle in a research process, leading to various modes of insight – e.g., new compositional or technological approaches, frameworks of access and inclusivity, etc
Call for Participation
We invite abstract proposals (250 words or up to 3-minute video) on the above themes to discuss how methods have been (or might be) applied for one of the following 10-minute presentation forms (live or pre-recorded):
- A research position statement
- A creative practice ‘think-piece’
- A demonstration of practice-based methods
- Any other form applicable to your research
We encourage submission of work that is in-process, including current projects. PhD and early-career researchers are encouraged to attend and submit work.
Submission
If you are interested in presenting at the study day, please submit an abstract (250 words or up to 3-minute video) along with a 100-word bio by Friday 13th March 2026, 5pm. Notification of acceptance will be sent by Monday 30th March.