Sebanz, Bekkering & Knoblich (2006), Joint action: bodies and minds moving together
Also: Phillips-Silver & Keller (2012) · Abalde et al. (2024) · Bishop (2006)
Joint action. “Any form of social interaction whereby two or more individuals coordinate their actions in space and time to bring about a change in the environment” (Sebanz et al. 2006).
Coordination is not synchrony. Phillips-Silver and Keller list chorusing, turn-taking, imitation and complementary joint action, the last being where one participant’s actions are “different from, but systematically related to, those of another individual” (2012).
Abalde et al. (2024) review joint music making and place interpersonal coordination at the centre, noting how much of it rests on rehearsal and familiarity between players.
Bishop (2006) cautions that participation is “arguably no more intrinsically political or oppositional than any other” medium — several people taking part guarantees nothing on its own.
Used here to distinguish what participants do from what the system sets up.