Artistic-polylogical knowing-how in ensemble musicking: structural characteristics
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https://doi.org/10.24195/artstudies.2024-3.10Keywords:
artistic polylogue, ensemble musicking, polycommunication, knowledge-how, co-creation, joint interpretation, component structureAbstract
The aim of the study was to determine the structure of artistic-polylogical knowing-how (hereinafter – APKH) of future Master of Musical Art as a construct that provides the ability to participate and organise multi-level polylogical communication in the process of ensemble musicking. The leading levels are: (a) intersubjective interaction, which ensures the exchange of various verbal and non-verbal information, in particular, interpretive and creative ideas; (b) artistic communication in the process of joint interaction with a musical artwork. The interconnection of communication processes of these levels is considered as a polylogical process, in which intersubjective communication provides the possibility of joint analysis and development of a unified interpretive concept that takes into account the creative vision and perception of each ensemble member. The result of polylogical communication in ensemble musicking is the creation of a joint creative product – a performing interpretation of a musical artwork. The application of theoretical and methodological approach Actor-network theory (ANT) allowed us to study APKH as a latent construct, the formation and functioning of which is influenced by a number of interrelated factors that determine the ability of future Master of Musical Art to conduct and organise multi-level polylogical communication in the process of ensemble musicking. As a result of considering such factors as actors, and the channels of their mutual influence, respectively, as networks, four main interrelated components were identified in the APKH structure, namely: polycommunicative-motivational, semioticepistemological, descriptive-reflexive and discursive-participative. The prospect of further research is defined in the development of a criterion apparatus for assessing the levels of APKH future Master of Musical Art formation, and the experimental study of this construct in accordance with the ANT methodology.
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