Interaction Design for and with the Lived Body: Some Implications of Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology

Dag Svanæs

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    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number8
    JournalA C M Transactions on Computer - Human Interaction
    Volume20
    Issue number1
    Number of pages30
    ISSN1073-0516
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2013
    EventACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Paris, France, France
    Duration: 27 Apr 20132 May 2013
    http://chi2013.acm.org/

    Conference

    ConferenceACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    LocationParis, France
    Country/TerritoryFrance
    Period27/04/201302/05/2013
    Internet address

    Keywords

    • Interaction design, embodied interaction, embodied perception, kinaesthetic creativity, phenomenology, the lived body, Merleau-Ponty

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