Somaesthetic Socio-Cultural Design for Disability: Rethinking Body Marginality
Although design anthropology, disability studies, and somaesthetics share overlapping concerns, they have rarely been explicitly linked. Each brings distinct strengths—practicality, inclusivity, and theoretical depth—that merit integration. This paper explores how design historically caters to a standardised body, side-lining marginalised bodies as ...
Jonathan Ventura, Shilpa Das
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Integrating art into bodily interactions : exploring digital art in HCI design to foster somaesthetic experiences [PDF]
PhD ThesisMy interdisciplinary doctoral research of this thesis explored how interaction design – with a combination of digital art, body-centred practice and biophysical sensing technology – cultivates self-awareness and self-reflection to foster ...
Chen, Sixian
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Emotion Work in Experience-Centred Design [PDF]
Experience Centred Design (ECD) implores us to develop empathic relationships and understanding of participants, to actively work with our senses and emotions within the design process.
Balaam, Madeline +6 more
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How the floor can facilitate self-sensing and inspire somaesthetic technology design
This is a vignette from the following book chapter: Ullmer, B., Shaer, O., Mazalek, A., & Hummels, C. (2022). Aesthetics of TEI. In Weaving Fire into Form: Aspirations for Tangible and Embodied Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544564.3544575 In this short piece, I illustrate how deceptively basic artifacts ...
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Use of Biological Motion based Cues and Ecological Sounds in the Neurorehabilitation of Apraxia [PDF]
Technological progress in the area of informatics and human interface platforms create a window of opportunities for the neurorehablitation of patients with motor impairments.
Bienkiewicz, Marta +5 more
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Crafting atmospheres for Healthcare Design [PDF]
This work contributes to the growing body of work, conducted on the vicinities between well-being and biomedical treatments in health design. The article presents and discusses the design of the new delivery rooms at a Danish hospital in Hjørring ...
Højlund , Marie, Skouboe, Esben
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How to Apply Somaesthetics? Practices, Methods, and Research Design in Somaesthetic Approach [PDF]
In this article, I address the field of somaesthetics from the perspective of a researcher and pedagogue. I propose ways to apply the analytic, pragmatic, and practical dimensions of somaesthetics in the academic context.
Tarvainen, Anne
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Imagining a digital future: how could we design for enchantment within the special education curriculum? [PDF]
The implementation of the new “Successful Futures” curriculum in the UK, means that learners between the ages of 3 to 16 will be challenged to use digital media to develop their life skills, personal confidence, work skills, career planning, health and
Eslambolchilar, Parisa +1 more
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Creative practices and the fluctuating interiors of an urban garden community [PDF]
Urban gardening is a common phenomenon in cities today. Vacant areas are activated by citizens, planners or developers who see the potentials of making something grow in – and out of – leftover or otherwise transitional spaces.
Jakobsen, Annette Svaneklink
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Every story has two sides: evaluating information processing and ecological dynamics perspectives of focus of attention in skill acquisition. [PDF]
Gottwald V, Davies M, Owen R.
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