Embodied Technology: Unraveling Bodily Action with Normative Types

Laurens Boer, Robb Mitchell, Agnese Caglio, Andrés Lucero

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    Abstract

    Interactive artifacts are normative, as they materialize the norms of their designers in order to guide human action in a use-context. A better understanding of how interactive artifacts transmit norms can support designers and users to critically reflect about appropriate human and designed artificial behavior in context. In this paper we introduce 'normative types', which are artifacts that disable, guide, or empower people's bodily actions, in order to deliberately address and explore what is normative physical action in context. We present four design explorations of normative types, named 'Petal Table', 'Toilet Companion', 'Keep-Up-With-Me Table', and the 'Ring Fork'. Based on initial field trials we suggest that socially (in)appropriate bodily action can be imposed, exposed, juxtaposed, or opposed by normative types. We suggest that these modes of intention can aid designers in developing a critical self-reflective and contextually informed design approach.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
    Publication date2015
    Pages1711-1716
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4503-3146-3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    EventCHI'15 - Gangnam District, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
    Duration: 18 Apr 201523 Apr 2015

    Conference

    ConferenceCHI'15
    LocationGangnam District
    Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
    CitySeoul
    Period18/04/201523/04/2015

    Keywords

    • Interactive Artifacts
    • Norm Transmission
    • Design Normativity
    • User Behavior Guidance
    • Critical Design Reflection

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