Tagging with Movement
Aaron M. Levisohn, Thecla Schiphorst · 2014
Movement researchers in HCI have begun to utilize theories from the field of Somatics to support their investigations into tangible, ubiquitous, and wearable computing systems. Despite recent advances in integrating movement theory within HCI, the practice of incorporating the associated Somatic methods and referencing this body-oriented epistemological perspective is often lacking from design ideation and development within movement interaction. The epistemological gap between somatic values and technological models of movement can constrain novel applications of somatic theories and their potential to inform embodied approaches to movement interaction. In this paper we discuss the value of Somatic epistemology and provide a case study exploring the use of movement to tag visual images. We describe a series of movement workshops structured to explore movement tagging of visual images, and illustrate the benefits of bridging Somatic theories and their associated methods to the design of novel movement applications.