Abstract
In 2001, Paul Dourish proposed the term embodied interaction to describe a new paradigm for interaction
design that focuses on the physical, bodily, and social aspects of our interaction with digital technology.
Dourish used Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of perception as the theoretical basis for his discussion of the
bodily nature of embodied interaction. This article extends Dourish’s work to introduce the human-computer
interaction community to ideas related to Merleau-Ponty’s concept of the lived body. It also provides a
detailed analysis of two related topics: (1) embodied perception: the active and embodied nature of perception,
including the body’s ability to extent its sensory apparatus through digital technology; and (2) kinaesthetic
creativity: the body’s ability to relate in a direct and creative fashion with the “feel” dimension of interactive
products during the design process.
design that focuses on the physical, bodily, and social aspects of our interaction with digital technology.
Dourish used Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of perception as the theoretical basis for his discussion of the
bodily nature of embodied interaction. This article extends Dourish’s work to introduce the human-computer
interaction community to ideas related to Merleau-Ponty’s concept of the lived body. It also provides a
detailed analysis of two related topics: (1) embodied perception: the active and embodied nature of perception,
including the body’s ability to extent its sensory apparatus through digital technology; and (2) kinaesthetic
creativity: the body’s ability to relate in a direct and creative fashion with the “feel” dimension of interactive
products during the design process.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 8 |
| Journal | A C M Transactions on Computer - Human Interaction |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| ISSN | 1073-0516 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2013 |
| Event | ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Paris, France, France Duration: 27 Apr 2013 → 2 May 2013 http://chi2013.acm.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
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| Location | Paris, France |
| Country/Territory | France |
| Period | 27/04/2013 → 02/05/2013 |
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Keywords
- Interaction design, embodied interaction, embodied perception, kinaesthetic creativity, phenomenology, the lived body, Merleau-Ponty