Beyond command and control: Sketching embodied interaction

Cumhur Erkut; Anu Rajala-Erkut

doi:10.1145/2702613.2732855

Beyond command and control: Sketching embodied interaction

Cumhur Erkut, Anu Rajala-Erkut

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Abstract

We present an approach for teaching and designing embodied interaction in collaboration with a contemporary dance choreographer. Our approach is based on the felt qualities of movement, and provides a shared experience, vocabulary for self-expression, and appreciation for movement as a design material for interaction design practitioners. We present a workshop, where after movement sessions, interactive sketches were generated and implemented by motion tracking. Subsequently, we have investigated whether or not these activities guided the participants from the prevailing notion of command/control in embodied interaction towards experiences related to the felt qualities of movement. While in idea generation, our approach has provided a better foundation for participants, compared to the approaches that focus only on technologies, this effect wore off and final implementations focused on command & control. We currently experiment with new tools and techniques, integrating material interactions into the process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '15 Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference
Number of pages	6
Volume	18
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	18 Apr 2015
Pages	1681-1686
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-3146-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2732855
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2015
Event	33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 18 Apr 2015 → 23 Apr 2015

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Conference	33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	18/04/2015 → 23/04/2015
Sponsor	ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)

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Design theory
Embodied interaction
Materiality

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