Interdisciplinary Research Issues in Music Information Retrieval: ISMIR 2000?2002

Futrelle, Joe; Downie, J. Stephen

doi:10.1076/jnmr.32.2.121.16740

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“…Studies of musicians' information behaviour have traditionally focused on topics such as search and retrieval of documents (e.g., Futrelle and Downie, 2002), annotation (e.g., Winget, 2006), and organizing personal collections (e.g., Lingel, 2012). The embodied, or physical nature of these tasks, along with other bodily information activities of musicians, which include creating, using and sharing information directly related to physical movement has not yet been well studied in information science.…”

Section: Musicmentioning

confidence: 99%

What everybody knows: embodied information in serious leisure

Cox

Griffin

Hartel

2017

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What every body knows: Embodied information in serious leisure AbstractPurpose: The aim of this conceptual paper is to reconsider the role of the body in information in serious leisure by reviewing the potential to theorise the role of the body in information behaviour within serious leisure by drawing on practice theory, phenomenology, sensory studies and embodied cognitionexisting work in information behaviour that theorises the role of the body, and by drawing selectively on literature from beyond information studies to extend our understanding.Approach: After finding a lack of attention to the body in most influential works on information behaviour, the paper identifies two a number of important authors who do offer an initial theorisations. It then explores what can be learnt by examining some studies of embodied information in the hobbies of running, music, and the liberal arts, largely frompublished outside the discipline. Findings:Auto-ethnographic studies influenced by phenomenology show that embodied information is central to the hobby of running, both through the diverse sensory information the runner uses and through the dissemination of information by the body as a sign. Studies of music drawing on the theory of embodied cognition, similarly suggest that it is a key part of amateur music information behaviour. Even when considering the liberal arts hobby the core activity, reading, is itself in has been shown to be in significant ways embodied. The examples reveal how it is not only in more obviously embodied leisure activities such as sports, in which the body must be considered. Research implications:There is a significant gap in the theorisation of information behaviour around the role of the body Embodied information refers to how we receive information from the senses and the way the body is a sign that can be read by others. To fully understand this more empirical and theoretical work is needed to reconcile influencesights from practice theory, phenomenology, embodied cognition and sensory studies.Originality/value: The paper demonstrates how and why the body has been neglected in information behaviour research, reviews current work and identifies perspectives from other disciplines that can begin to fill theis gap.

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Section: Musicmentioning

confidence: 99%

What everybody knows: embodied information in serious leisure

Cox

Griffin

Hartel

2017

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“…Futrelle and Downie (2003), in their 2003 review of the first three years of the ISMIR conference, identify two major problems: (i) no commonly accepted means of comparing retrieval techniques, (ii) few, if any, attempts to study potential users of MIR systems. The first problem concerns the lack of standardized frameworks to evaluate computer experiments, while the second problem concerns the barely existing inclusion of users in MIR studies.…”

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The neglected user in music information retrieval research

2013

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Personalization and context-awareness are highly important topics in research on Intelligent Information Systems. In the fields of Music Information Retrieval (MIR) and Music Recommendation in particular, user-centric algorithms should ideally provide music that perfectly fits each individual listener in each imaginable situation and for each of her information or entertainment needs. Even though preliminary steps towards such systems have recently been presented at the "International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference" (ISMIR) and at similar venues, this vision is still far away from becoming a reality. In this article, we investigate and discuss literature on the topic of user-centric music retrieval and reflect on why the breakthrough in this field has not been achieved yet. Given the different expertises of the authors, we shed light on why this topic is a particularly challenging one, taking computer science and psychology points of view. Whereas the computer science aspect centers on the problems of user modeling, machine learning,

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“…Music Information Retrieval (MIR) is a multidisciplinary research field that draws upon the traditions, methodologies, and techniques of a remarkably wide range of disciplines [1]. An incomplete listing of these disciplines includes acoustics, psychoacoustics, signal processing, computer science, musicology, library science, informatics, and machine learning, etc.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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The music information retrieval evaluation exchange (2005-2007): A window into music information retrieval research

Downie

2008

Acoust. Sci. & Tech.

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The Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX) is the community-based framework for the formal evaluation of Music Information Retrieval (MIR) systems and algorithms. By looking at the background, structure, challenges, and contributions of MIREX this paper provides some insights into the world of MIR research. Because MIREX tasks are defined by the community they reflect the interests, techniques, and research paradigms of the community as a whole. Both MIREX and MIR have a strong bias toward audio-based approaches as most MIR researchers have strengths in signal processing. Spectral-based approaches to MIR tasks have led to advancements in the MIR field but they now appear to be reaching their limits of effectiveness. This limitation is called the ''glass ceiling'' problem and the MIREX results data support its existence. The post-hoc analyses of MIREX results data indicate that there are groups of systems that perform equally well within various MIR tasks. There are many challenges facing MIREX and MIR research most of which have their root causes in the intellectual property issues surrounding music. The current inability of researchers to test their approaches against the MIREX test collections outside the annual MIREX cycle is hindering the rapid development of improved MIR systems.

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Interdisciplinary Research Issues in Music Information Retrieval: ISMIR 2000?2002

Cited by 45 publications

References 24 publications

What everybody knows: embodied information in serious leisure

What everybody knows: embodied information in serious leisure

The neglected user in music information retrieval research

The music information retrieval evaluation exchange (2005-2007): A window into music information retrieval research

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