Zooming in on embodied social sensemaking: Mapping the design space in the context of videoconferencing

Jelle Van Dijk*

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Abstract

Embodied sensemaking theory is thoroughly social: we make sense of the world in interaction with others. Various designs have been proposed to scaffold gembodied social sensemaking'. Yet the details of such scaffolding need elaboration. For example, what happens in remote settings, when bodies cannot engage directly? This paper investigates, through design, how interactive artifacts scaffold embodied social sensemaking. The aim is to establish clearer links between theory and design. Twenty-four embodied interaction prototypes were created to support remote videoconferencing by design students who were also, necessarily, active videoconferencing users during a COVID-19 lockdown. A reflective ordering process revealed a design space made up of six phenomenal aspects and three basic types of scaffolding. The analysis adds further details to existing design frameworks for embodied sensemaking. The paper provides guidance to designers who aim to create meaningful and theoretically grounded embodied augmentations of remote social interaction technologies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTEI 2022 - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450391474
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Feb 2022
Event16th International Conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction, TEI 2022 - KAIST, Korean Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Daejeon, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Duration: 13 Feb 202216 Feb 2022
Conference number: 16
https://tei.acm.org/2022/

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction, TEI 2022
Abbreviated titleTEI 2022
Country/TerritoryKorea, Democratic People's Republic of
CityDaejeon
Period13/02/2216/02/22
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Keywords

  • design framework
  • embodied interaction
  • embodied sensemaking
  • embodied social sensemaking
  • remote interaction
  • social interaction
  • tangible interaction
  • video-conferencing

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