Researcher: Marieke Van Camp
Supervisor: Lukas Van Campenhout
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How can we make human interaction with digital phenomena more substantial, important and valuable? One way of doing that is by enriching them through physical artefacts and environments. This approach is very much situated within the research tradition of embodied interaction, which describes the interplay between the brain and the body and its influence on the sharing, creation and manipulation of meaningful interactions with technology. Note that embodiment interaction is not merely about making interaction with technology and the digital world more natural and intuitive. It is also about deepening our rootedness and embedment in the physical and social environment. Perhaps the aspects of the physical world that we tend to experience as limitations (e.g. persistence (?), slowness and fragility), are in fact the characteristics that can provide weight and meaning to our interaction with digital technology. It’s not just about designs that are instrumental and pragmatic, its about exploring the essence of what it means to be human through the design of artefacts and technology.
Funding: VLAIO/IWT research project - Dehousse project
Period: 2015-2021
Partner: Clics