Entangled Musicianship: Rethinking Music Education and Digital Musical Interactions through Posthumanist Theory

Kinsella, Victoria and McPherson, Andrew (2026) Entangled Musicianship: Rethinking Music Education and Digital Musical Interactions through Posthumanist Theory. British Journal of Music Education, 43 (1). pp. 117-131. ISSN 0265-0517

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Abstract

This paper develops entangled musicianship as a theoretical and conceptual orientation that rethinks inclusion at the intersection of music education, digital musical instrument (DMI) design and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Drawing on findings from an AHRC funded network, it interrogates how disconnections between pedagogy, technology, access are sustained by humanist and cognitivist paradigms. Through a posthuman and diffractive methodology, the paper foregrounds relationality, and intra-action as central to both musical learning and digital design. Entangled musicianship emerges as a provocation toward more ethical and responsive approaches to inclusion, offering a significant contribution to interdisciplinary discourse across music education, DMI and HCI.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1017/S0265051726100801
Dates:	Date Event 11 November 2025 Accepted 11 May 2026 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Posthuman, Digital Musical Instruments, Inclusion, Human-Computer Interaction, Learning
Subjects:	CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-01 - education CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music
Divisions:	Law and Social Sciences > Education
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2025 13:53
Last Modified:	18 May 2026 09:27
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16743

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