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Exploring the Embodied Experience of Walking Meetings through Bodystorming – Implications for Design

Authors :
Mélodie Jacob
Ida Damen
Carine Lallemand
Fonds National de la Recherche - FnR [sponsor]
Source :
TEI '23: Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 2023, 1-14. ACM
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Fontys, 2023.

Abstract

Walking meetings are a promising way to reduce unhealthy sedentary behavior at the office. Some aspects of walking meetings are however hard to assess using traditional research approaches that do not account well for the embodied experience of walking meetings. We conducted a series of 16 bodystorming sessions, featuring unusual walking meeting situations to engage participants (N=45) in a reflective experience. After each bodystorming, participants completed three tasks: a body map, an empathy map, and a rating of workload using the NASA-TLX scale. These embodied explorations provide insights on key themes related to walking meetings: material and tools, physical and mental demand, connection with the environment, social dynamics, and privacy. We discuss the role of technology and opportunities for technology-mediated walking meetings. We draw implications for the design of walking meeting technologies or services to account for embodied experiences, and the individual, social, and environmental factors at play.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
TEI '23: Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 2023, 1-14. ACM
Accession number :
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