This paper presents an approach to practice-based research in the NIME field focused upon self-reflective practice in a creative-production research project. The author's practicebased doctoral research is used as a case study to examine the research approach in the context of performer-developer devised technological artefacts. Drawing upon actor-network theory, and in particular Akrich and Latour's notion of the 'script', the emergent findings of the author's research are situated within the

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... ontext of theoretical constructs common in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). Particular attention is given to the dual role of the performer-developer in such contexts, questioning the relationship between design and use from this unique perspective.