TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to present an embodied view on human/machine co‐creation in general, and musical improvisation in particular.Design/methodology/approach– Questions and propositions are formed by examining personal work in intelligent, interactive system design.Findings– Proper consideration of gestural representation and intentionality leads to enhanced potential for collective expression in human/machine interaction.Originality/value– This approach extends ideas of conversation theory to improvisational contexts based on spontaneous, collective expression. VL - 40 IS - 7/8 SN - 0368-492X DO - 10.1108/03684921111160403 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03684921111160403 AU - Van Nort Doug ED - Ranulph Glanville ED - Ben Sweeting PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/01/01 TI - Human:machine:human: Gesture, Sound and Embodiment T2 - Kybernetes PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 1179 EP - 1188 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -