Essays about: "soma-design"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the word soma-design.
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11. Designing for Musical Bodies : An Exploration of the Musician–Instrument Relationship
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Drawing on phenomenology and the theory of embodied music cognition, and the idea that music is movement and the way we experience music is related to movement and to our bodies, the design and conception of a musical instrument is carried out through a soma design process, with the non-dualistic body at center. In addition to the use of design fiction as a means to imagine new design possibilities, practical somaesthetics are a part of the design process through the bodily practices of Dalcroze eurhythmics and instrument defamiliarisation. READ MORE
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12. Seeing feelingly through the Feet : A Design Space for Microopportunities
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : The thesis consists of autobiographical soma research-oriented design for bringing somatic attention to the feet by the concept of micro-opportunities embedded in external artifacts to defamiliarize experiences. There is a growing body of work within the HCI community reporting on pressure-sensitive prototypes for raising bodily awareness alongside heat as a positive embodied response. READ MORE
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13. Soft Robotics for Young People's Menstrual Health
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Research within the fields of women’s health and specifically women’s menstrual health and technology is limited. As of today, problems associated with menstrual health, such as pain, discomfort, cramps, bloating, anxiousness and irregular period are resolved by using contraceptive pills or painkillers. READ MORE
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14. Touch yourself with Bäcka! : Exploring the stigma of the pelvic floor
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : This paper explores the pelvic floor and the social stigmas around it, which risks hindering knowledge about intimate health in our society. Working from an autobiographical soma design process, expanded by using both a male and a female participant, relevant experiential qualities were identified and built upon in order create a speculative design prototype. READ MORE
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15. Let’s not talk
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This thesis investigates the experience of bodily movement as the basis of social interaction. The design concept is based on the exploration of “unfocused interaction” among visitors to a public library (library of Malmo university). READ MORE
