Music plays a prominent role in human interaction, and is thought to have broad impact on social,... more Music plays a prominent role in human interaction, and is thought to have broad impact on social, emotional, and intellectual competencies, and on personal wellbeing. In order to better understand how, why, and under what conditions music affects wellbeing, this chapter summarizes recent work that demonstrates specific aspects of wellbeing that are positively affected by joint engagement in music. In particular, the chapter focuses on the role of synchrony experience in enhancing social-emotional attitudes and behaviors. The chapter introduces a working model that aims to explain the processes by which synchrony during joint music-making may help to develop and refine social-emotional competencies, suggesting the potential for enhanced wellbeing. The case is made for a future multi-disciplinary approach to researching direct links between synchrony experience and wellbeing, as well as to understanding the most effective ways to use musical interaction to enhance wellbeing.
In this paper, vulnerability is considered in terms of our ability to synchronise in time with ot... more In this paper, vulnerability is considered in terms of our ability to synchronise in time with others, and how the consequences of being unable to do so leads to isolation and a range of social, emotional, and psychological issues. We describe a project to develop a shared musical instrument to facilitate the process of joint interaction and the emergence of moments of synchronising in time with others. The design involves a multidisciplinary and multi-practice team that includes music therapists, artists, performance artists, musicians, music psychologists, music technologists, software and hardware sound engineers.
HCI is slowly realizing that being aware of, and understanding the implications of, the body in c... more HCI is slowly realizing that being aware of, and understanding the implications of, the body in communication and its extension through tools and technology is important to a wide range of research fields from virtual characters to co-located interaction around technology. ...
Ambience and immersive technological environments allow us to explore some basics of human pragma... more Ambience and immersive technological environments allow us to explore some basics of human pragmatics that lie beyond linguistics, intentionality and the subject-agency perspectives of human interaction. We focus on gesture and the body in sense-making and propose a discussion drawing on a non-dualist and agent-free account of embodied, material experience. By agent-free we mean an approach that does not presume a monolithic subject. Moreover, we deal with the problem of intersubjectivity by studying the human coordination of activity without appealing to a transmission theory of communication. [6] We achieve this by considering how gesture spans multiple bodies and how aesthetic design works with this and facilitates it. The paper is in two parts, the first part covers movement studies, focusing on gesture and body movement, drawing on the acting and pragmatics, and the second part develops this with the example of the TGarden, a responsive play space for experimental performance a...
Body Moves are rhythmic coordinations in communication of at least two people. In performing them... more Body Moves are rhythmic coordinations in communication of at least two people. In performing them, we indicate the state of our connection and understanding, most importantly the degree of our contact and commitment within a communication situation ( ...
With the increasing use of communications technology across cultural boundaries, and within cultu... more With the increasing use of communications technology across cultural boundaries, and within cultural boundaries, we see shifts taking place both within a culture about itself, and across cultures about each other. Yet in what way are the shifts distinct, if so, from those ...
HCI is slowly realizing that being aware of, and understanding the implications of, the body in c... more HCI is slowly realizing that being aware of, and understanding the implications of, the body in communication and its extension through tools and technology is important to a wide range of research fields from virtual characters to co-located interaction around technology. Finding ways to illuminate the often subtle contributions of the body to communication in an HCI context can be
What knowledge can be represented? Is it possible to represent practical knowledge? Is it possibl... more What knowledge can be represented? Is it possible to represent practical knowledge? Is it possible to represent personal knowledge? These issues are concerned with design as a process where design is an example of the formation and transfer of knowledge, as well as with two contrasting ‘traditions’ of knowledge (Gill, 1988; Josefson, 1987, 1988).
Music plays a prominent role in human interaction, and is thought to have broad impact on social,... more Music plays a prominent role in human interaction, and is thought to have broad impact on social, emotional, and intellectual competencies, and on personal wellbeing. In order to better understand how, why, and under what conditions music affects wellbeing, this chapter summarizes recent work that demonstrates specific aspects of wellbeing that are positively affected by joint engagement in music. In particular, the chapter focuses on the role of synchrony experience in enhancing social-emotional attitudes and behaviors. The chapter introduces a working model that aims to explain the processes by which synchrony during joint music-making may help to develop and refine social-emotional competencies, suggesting the potential for enhanced wellbeing. The case is made for a future multi-disciplinary approach to researching direct links between synchrony experience and wellbeing, as well as to understanding the most effective ways to use musical interaction to enhance wellbeing.
In this paper, vulnerability is considered in terms of our ability to synchronise in time with ot... more In this paper, vulnerability is considered in terms of our ability to synchronise in time with others, and how the consequences of being unable to do so leads to isolation and a range of social, emotional, and psychological issues. We describe a project to develop a shared musical instrument to facilitate the process of joint interaction and the emergence of moments of synchronising in time with others. The design involves a multidisciplinary and multi-practice team that includes music therapists, artists, performance artists, musicians, music psychologists, music technologists, software and hardware sound engineers.
HCI is slowly realizing that being aware of, and understanding the implications of, the body in c... more HCI is slowly realizing that being aware of, and understanding the implications of, the body in communication and its extension through tools and technology is important to a wide range of research fields from virtual characters to co-located interaction around technology. ...
Ambience and immersive technological environments allow us to explore some basics of human pragma... more Ambience and immersive technological environments allow us to explore some basics of human pragmatics that lie beyond linguistics, intentionality and the subject-agency perspectives of human interaction. We focus on gesture and the body in sense-making and propose a discussion drawing on a non-dualist and agent-free account of embodied, material experience. By agent-free we mean an approach that does not presume a monolithic subject. Moreover, we deal with the problem of intersubjectivity by studying the human coordination of activity without appealing to a transmission theory of communication. [6] We achieve this by considering how gesture spans multiple bodies and how aesthetic design works with this and facilitates it. The paper is in two parts, the first part covers movement studies, focusing on gesture and body movement, drawing on the acting and pragmatics, and the second part develops this with the example of the TGarden, a responsive play space for experimental performance a...
Body Moves are rhythmic coordinations in communication of at least two people. In performing them... more Body Moves are rhythmic coordinations in communication of at least two people. In performing them, we indicate the state of our connection and understanding, most importantly the degree of our contact and commitment within a communication situation ( ...
With the increasing use of communications technology across cultural boundaries, and within cultu... more With the increasing use of communications technology across cultural boundaries, and within cultural boundaries, we see shifts taking place both within a culture about itself, and across cultures about each other. Yet in what way are the shifts distinct, if so, from those ...
HCI is slowly realizing that being aware of, and understanding the implications of, the body in c... more HCI is slowly realizing that being aware of, and understanding the implications of, the body in communication and its extension through tools and technology is important to a wide range of research fields from virtual characters to co-located interaction around technology. Finding ways to illuminate the often subtle contributions of the body to communication in an HCI context can be
What knowledge can be represented? Is it possible to represent practical knowledge? Is it possibl... more What knowledge can be represented? Is it possible to represent practical knowledge? Is it possible to represent personal knowledge? These issues are concerned with design as a process where design is an example of the formation and transfer of knowledge, as well as with two contrasting ‘traditions’ of knowledge (Gill, 1988; Josefson, 1987, 1988).
This chapter applies ideas from Chap. 2 about knowledge and practice, by investigating expertise ... more This chapter applies ideas from Chap. 2 about knowledge and practice, by investigating expertise and knowledge as embodied human expertise. It discusses various case studies and corporeality in human sense-making. It investigates how knowledge is embodied in how we perform when we communicate, exchange ideas, present information to each other, train and learn, and become skilled. How we relate with others is a skilled performance.
The discussion in this chapter continues an investigation of tacit knowing as a personal act of k... more The discussion in this chapter continues an investigation of tacit knowing as a personal act of knowing by considering: I can only see how you see if we share the experience in the same physical space. In doing so, it takes the discussion on mediated expertise further by considering mediation as an embodied process involving a collective act. This is a personal act of knowing where the body mediates experience of knowing how, knowing that, and knowing when simultaneously.
This chapter brings the discussion from the previous four chapters together and develops it furth... more This chapter brings the discussion from the previous four chapters together and develops it further. Firstly, it summarises what has been learned about the conception of an interacting and mediating interface, irrespective of specific contexts and technologies. The chapter ties together theory and practice across the various contexts to identify the foundational elements of a personal act of knowing within human relations. It looks to the future at what we need to consider as the foundations for human-technology relations for developing the relational interface, extending this discussion with fundamental philosophical and artistic questions being raised by the arts/performance arts about the relational in performance and human connectivity. A theoretical introduction is followed by a discussion of eight projects of artistic and design research, in which a new scientific paradigm is explored. The result is the formulation of the concept of 'tacit engagement'.
This book explores how digital technology is altering the relationships between people and how th... more This book explores how digital technology is altering the relationships between people and how the very nature of interface itself needs to be reconsidered to reflect this – how
we can make sense of each other, handle ambiguities, negotiate differences, empathise and collectively make skilled judgments in our modern society. The author presents new directions for research at the relational-transactional intersection of contrasting disciplines of arts, science and technology,and in so doing, presents philosophical and artistic questions for future research on human connectivity in our digital age.
▶ Introduces the relational interface, which questions the historical idea of the interface as a conduit of the transactional and addresses an aesthetic and ethical balance
▶ Formulates tacit engagement as an emerging concept for the study of human relations
▶ Proposes a fundamental framework of mediation for expertise and decision making in complex human systems
▶ Critiques the concept of data and what makes for the success of knowledge transfer
Cognition, Communication and Interaction is an edited collection of articles that examine the the... more Cognition, Communication and Interaction is an edited collection of articles that examine the theoretical and methodological
research issues that underlie the design and use of interactive technology. Present interactive designs are addressing the multi-modality of human interaction and the multi-sensory dimension of how we engage with each other. This book aims to provide
a trans-disciplinary research framework and methodology for interaction design. The analysis directs attention to three human capacities that our engagement with interactive technology has made salient and open to constant redefinition. These capacities are human cognition, communication and interaction.
In this book examination of these capacities is embedded in understanding the following foundations for design: concepts of “communication and interaction” and their application (Part 1); conceptions of “knowledge and cognition” (Part 2); the role of
aesthetics and ethics in design (Part 3).
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we can make sense of each other, handle ambiguities, negotiate differences, empathise and collectively make skilled judgments in our modern society. The author presents new directions for research at the relational-transactional intersection of contrasting disciplines of arts, science and technology,and in so doing, presents philosophical and artistic questions for future research on human connectivity in our digital age.
▶ Introduces the relational interface, which questions the historical idea of the interface as a conduit of the transactional and addresses an aesthetic and ethical balance
▶ Formulates tacit engagement as an emerging concept for the study of human relations
▶ Proposes a fundamental framework of mediation for expertise and decision making in complex human systems
▶ Critiques the concept of data and what makes for the success of knowledge transfer
research issues that underlie the design and use of interactive technology. Present interactive designs are addressing the multi-modality of human interaction and the multi-sensory dimension of how we engage with each other. This book aims to provide
a trans-disciplinary research framework and methodology for interaction design. The analysis directs attention to three human capacities that our engagement with interactive technology has made salient and open to constant redefinition. These capacities are human cognition, communication and interaction.
In this book examination of these capacities is embedded in understanding the following foundations for design: concepts of “communication and interaction” and their application (Part 1); conceptions of “knowledge and cognition” (Part 2); the role of
aesthetics and ethics in design (Part 3).