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Supporting Empathy Through Embodiment in the Design of Interactive Systems

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TEI '15: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Pages 523 - 528

https://doi.org/10.1145/2677199.2687892

Published: 15 January 2015 Publication History

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Whilst empathy is considered an essential component of what it means to be human, it is frequently absent as a design objective when creating modern communication systems. This paper presents an approach to designing for, as opposed to with, empathy using the example of two design interventions to create embodied rituals reflecting prayers and worries of individuals within a church community. The aim of these interventions is to facilitate conversation and support within the community, thus generating empathy between community members, and inciting prosocial behaviour through embodied cognition.

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January 2015

766 pages

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DOI:10.1145/2677199

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