KNOB DETOX 2026 is a colloquium to be held in person from October 13 to 18, 2026, at the State University of Paraná, in Curitiba (Brazil), featuring artistic works and scholarly papers. Its central aim is to discuss sound as a transdisciplinary field of technological inquiry, in which creative, experimental, and immersive approaches become distinctive methodological tools. We are particularly interested in debating the recurring disconnect between “music and technology,” evident both within music departments and within the traditionally established territorial boundaries of artistic and musical competencies, which tend to project technology as something distant and foreign—laden with technicalities, technocentrism, artificiality, and a futuristic tone.

In seeking to transcend this view, KNOB DETOX presents itself as a space for connection and provocation between subfields of the Arts (music, film, performance, video art, dance, etc.) and fields that engage with artistic thinking (education, philosophy, anthropology, geography, history, sociology, communication, museology, architecture, music therapy, biology, health sciences, engineering, computer science, geosciences, physics, mathematics, among others). Our aims are to:

a) delineate musical creation as an inherently technological practice and medium;
b) foster advanced studies on sound and technologies from a critical perspective within contemporary sciences;
c) strengthen shared research lineages.