Towards an Aesthetics of Touch

Hayes, Lauren; Rajko, Jessica

doi:10.1145/3077981.3078028

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“…Although traditionally the study of somatic phenomena featured in social studies of the body (e.g., rituals, dance), it is now increasingly accepted as a critical approach to studying the human body in computing disciplines, particularly those favouring ethnographic and design methods (Rajko et al, 2016;Hayes and Rajko, 2017). It is a way to understand somatic movements and examine the body from a first-person (such as walking, performing art, and so on), a third-person (a researcher studying the body), or an inter-corporeal perspective (mediated through more than one person, possibly involving others, things or places).…”

Section: Human Body and Embodimentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taking the human body seriously

Chughtai

2020

European Journal of Information Systems

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The intention of this article is to open up a dialogue on the importance of giving explicit attention to the human body when studying information systems phenomena. The human body influences the ways in which a person interprets and uses technology. Although we bodily engage with our world (people, things and places), we generally take our bodies for granted, and view them as passive recipients in studies on information technologies and organisational phenomena. Theoretical frameworks built on embodiment indicate that human beings are embedded in their social context, but they do not often include the human body with its somatic aspects (such as orientation, position and movement). Using a theoretically informed ethnographic case, I draw attention to how the human body affects the ways in which we interpret and use technology. The findings suggest revisiting the idiosyncratic view of human embodiment, which often overlooks somatic orientations and modes of engagement. The article contributes a theoretical framework relevant for inquiry into the structure of somatic practices in information systems. I conclude with a discussion of the implications for theory and practice.

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Section: Human Body and Embodimentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taking the human body seriously

Chughtai

2020

European Journal of Information Systems

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“…For a SMI, the design should account not only for the exterior aspect of the physical instrument (e.g., its look, its feel, its craftsmanship and woodworking, and its quality construction), but also for the digital counterpart, which may include visual and haptic content. For instance, aesthetic considerations should be made when designing haptic sensations for the musicians (both physically and digitally produced), as they may affect how pleasant the interaction of the musician with the instrument is perceived [36]. Similarly, graphical aspects of content visually displayed by the instrument (e.g., embedded displays) or by external equipment (e.g., apps for smartphone or tablets) should thoroughly be considered under the lens of aesthetics.…”

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Smart Musical Instruments: Vision, Design Principles, and Future Directions

Turchet

2019

IEEE Access

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Smart musical instruments (SMIs) are a family of Internet of Musical Things devices for music creation. They are characterized by sensors, actuators, embedded intelligence, and wireless connectivity to local networks and to the Internet. In this paper, we depict a vision for this recent research area, which merges the research fields on digital musical instruments and smart objects, and fosters new types of interactions between the player and the instrument, between the player and other players, and between the player and audience members. We propose a set of capabilities and technical features characterizing SMIs, as well as a design for a technological architecture supporting them. To illustrate possible applications enabled by this vision, we present a set of scenarios exploiting the intelligence embedded in SMIs. We also propose a set of guidelines that can help digital luthiers in the process of designing SMIs. Finally, we present a set of directions for future research.

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“…Considered as a whole, this project iterates, often non-linearly, through various timelines, formations, publics, and collaborations. The goal of this work is not to offer a rigid taxonomy of audio-haptic aesthetic listening experiences (see Hayes & Rajko 2017 for further discussion), nor is it to develop innovative and marketable medical apparatuses. Indeed, as Mack Hagood, writing about disability and tinnitus emphasizes, media technologies can help us to imagine "more liberating forms of biomediation" (Hagood 2017, 327) if considered in ways other than from techno-solutionist perspectives.…”

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Multimodal Listening as Technologically-Mediated Embodied Musicking

Hayes,

Luo,

Pulling

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This paper discusses an approach to multimodal listening that draws upon three disparate but related areas of research: the creative music practice of the first author, quantitative evaluation of vibrotactile technology within speech and hearing science aimed at improving music perception and enjoyment for cochlear implant users, and a qualitative study involving the musical experiences of people who routinely wear a variety of assistive hearing technologies. It proposes that listening is an active, embodied process, taking place within the diverse sensorimotor, sociocultural, and aesthetic relationships between listeners and their worlds. These ideas are explored through observations of musical listening experiences that are technologically-mediated in various ways: they are ones which incorporate both the sonic and the tactile, but which do not aim to simply substitute one sensory modality for another. This project is intentionally interdisciplinary in its methodologies with the goal of illuminating how research approaches that work in tension can be productively inventive.

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Towards an Aesthetics of Touch

Cited by 19 publications

References 19 publications

Taking the human body seriously

Taking the human body seriously

Smart Musical Instruments: Vision, Design Principles, and Future Directions

Multimodal Listening as Technologically-Mediated Embodied Musicking

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