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Special track on Exploring new frontiers in Music Therapy

EAI ArtsIT 2023 will be held as an on-site conference and, if needed,
accepted authors who are unable to attend the event in person will be given the option to present remotely.

Call for Papers for Special Track on Music Therapy, Technology, Embodied Cognition and Rehabilitation: Exploring New Frontiers

Scope

This special track invites submissions that explore the intersection between Music Therapy, Technology, Rehabilitation and Embodied Cognition as well as the use of Music Therapy in more traditional ways. We welcome papers that investigate how technology can be used to enhance Music Therapy practices, particularly in the context of Telehealth, Neurotechnology, and the philosophy of the body. 

TopThis special track invites submissions that explore the intersection between Music Therapy, Technology, Rehabilitation and Embodied Cognition as well as the use of Music Therapy in more traditional ways. We welcome papers that investigate how musical technology can be used to enhance Music Therapy practices, particularly in the context of Telehealth, Neurotechnology, and the Embodied Cognition. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the use of music technology and Virtual Reality to support Music Therapy interventions, and/or the rehabilitation process in the recovery of individuals with various disabilities, injuries or illnesses; the role of Embodied Cognition in Music Therapy practice, and the ethical considerations involved in integrating technology into Music Therapy.

Additionally, we welcome submissions that explore the use of Embodied Therapy and the application of Music Therapy in a more traditional sense, such as in group settings or one-to-one sessions. We encourage submissions from scholars, researchers, and practitioners
working in Music Therapy, Neurotechnology, Digital Musical Instruments and related fields.

Track Chairs:

Elena Partesotti
NICS Lab, Unicamp University, Brazil

Wendy Magee
Music Therapy Program, Temple University, USA

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Topics

We welcome contributions from the following fields:

  • Embodied Cognition;
  • Music information retrieval,
  • Music psychology;
  • Music Technology
  • Music Therapy;
  • Neurotechnology;
  • Robotics,
  • Telehealth

Publication

All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library: ArtsIT Conference Proceedings.

ArtsIT proceedings are indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH.

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:

Additional publication opportunities:

Paper submission

Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).

  • Regular papers should be up to 12-15+ pages in length.
  • Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length.

All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers. All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection. You can learn more about Community Review here.

Important dates

Paper Submission deadline
1 September 2023
Notification deadline
20 September 2023
Camera-ready deadline
20 October 2023
Start of Conference
27 November 2023
End of Conference
29 November 2023