• Submit to Challenges Login Register
• MDPI
• Journals A-Z
• For Authors
• For Editors
• For Librarians
• About
• Open Access Policy

• Abstract
• Full-Text HTML
• Full-Text PDF [498 KB]
• Full-Text XML
• Article Versions Notes

• Article Statistics
• Google Scholar
• Order Reprints

• Cite this article
• Export to BibTeX
• Export to EndNote

• [+] on DOAJ
• Parviainen, J
• Tuuri, K
• Pirhonen, A
• [+] on Google Scholar
• Parviainen, J
• Tuuri, K
• Pirhonen, A
• [+] on PubMed
• Parviainen, J
• Tuuri, K
• Pirhonen, A

•  CiteULike
•  Facebook
•  Mendeley
•  Twitter
• More services

Open AccessThis article is

• freely available
• re-usable

Challenges 2013, 4(1), 103-115; doi:10.3390/challe4010103

Article

Drifting Down the Technologization of Life: Could Choreography-Based Interaction Design Support us in Engaging with the World and our Embodied Living?

Jaana Parviainen ¹, Kai Tuuri ² and Antti Pirhonen ^3,*

¹ School of Social Sciences & Humanities, University of Tampere, FI-33014, Finland ² Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland ³ Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Received: 8 March 2013; in revised form: 17 April 2013 / Accepted: 6 May 2013 / Published: 10 May 2013

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges of Interface and Interaction Design)

Download PDF Full-Text [498 KB, Updated Version, uploaded 14 May 2013 16:24 CEST]

The original version is still available [498 KB, uploaded 10 May 2013 17:33 CEST]

Abstract: The development of interactive technology is often based on the assumption of need to reduce the physical action and cognitive load of the user. However, recent conceptualizations, supported by research in various fields of science, emphasize human physical action in cognitive processes and knowledge formation. In fact, physical and closely related imaginary movement can be seen as the quintessence of humanity. Acknowledging this should imply a new approach to the design of interactive technology. In the current study, we propose a choreographic approach for shifting the focal point of interaction design to the aspects of human activity and movement within a technologized context. Hence, the proposed approach does not isolate use-related actions, which traditionally have been emphasized in interaction design, from the other activities of a person. The application of the methodological approach is divided into micro, local and macro levels, thus covering actions from minimal muscular activity of an individual to global movement-relevant issues.

Keywords: human-technology choreography; interaction design; embodiment; technologization

Article Statistics

Citations to this Article

Cite This Article