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Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - Supporting empathy through embodiment in the design of interactive systems
AU - Huck, Jonny
AU - Coulton, Paul
AU - Gullick, David
AU - Powell, Phillip
AU - Roberts, Jennifer
AU - Hudson-Smith, Andrew
AU - De-Jode, Martin
AU - Mavros, Panagiotis
PY - 2015/1
Y1 - 2015/1
N2 - Whilst empathy is considered an essential component of what it means to be human, it is arguably absent as a design objective when creating modern communication systems. This paper presents an approach to designing for, as opposed to with, empathy using the example of two design interventions to create embodied rituals reflecting prayers and worries of individuals within a church community. The aim of these interventions is to facilitate conversation and support within the community, thus generating empathy between community members, and inciting prosocial behaviour through embodied cognition.
AB - Whilst empathy is considered an essential component of what it means to be human, it is arguably absent as a design objective when creating modern communication systems. This paper presents an approach to designing for, as opposed to with, empathy using the example of two design interventions to create embodied rituals reflecting prayers and worries of individuals within a church community. The aim of these interventions is to facilitate conversation and support within the community, thus generating empathy between community members, and inciting prosocial behaviour through embodied cognition.
U2 - 10.1145/2677199.2687892
DO - 10.1145/2677199.2687892
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781450333054
SP - 523
EP - 528
BT - TEI '14 Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
PB - ACM
CY - New York
ER -