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EDITORIAL

Ubiquitous music: Culturally grounded approaches to interaction and creativity

Damián Keller1* ,  Victor Lazzarini2* ,  PerMagnus Lindborg3*
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1 Amazon Center for Music Research (NAP), Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
2 Department of Music, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
3 SoundLab, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, China
AC, 025470095 https://doi.org/10.36922/AC025470095
Received: 20 November 2025 | Published online: 12 June 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ubimus Cross-Cultural Approaches to Interaction and Creativity )
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Damián Keller, Victor Lazzarini, and PerMagnus Lindborg are the Guest Editors for this special issue, but were not in any way involved in the editorial process conducted for this paper, directly or indirectly. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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