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2. 6. Being connected to the world through a robot

   Author : Patrik Björnfot; Victor Kaptelinin; Karin Danielsson; Rikard Harr; Mattias Arvola; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human-Computer Interaction; Interaction Design; Robotic Telepresence; Mobile Robotic Presence; Activity Theory; Phenomenology; Embodiment; human-computer interaction; människa-datorinteraktion;

   Abstract : Robotic telepresence systems enable humans to be present physically and socially in a distant environment. Robotic telepresence technology is the latest in the line of communication technology development. The unique feature of such technology is that its users can act in a distant environment and interact with other people through these systems. READ MORE

4. 7. Breathing Matters : Feminist Intersectional Politics of Vulnerability

   Author : Magdalena Górska; Cecilia Åsberg; Nina Lykke; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Breath; breathing; intersectionality; vulnerability; social and environmental justice; black lung; phone sex work; anxieties; panic attacks; matterwork; embodiment; affect; agential realism; posthumanities; postconstructionism; new materialism; environmental humanities; cultural studies; feminism; gender; Andning; intersektionalitet; sårbarhet; social rättvisa och klimaträttvisa; pneumokonios; telefonsex; postkonstruktionism; ångest; panikattacker; materiaarbete; förkroppsligande; affekt; agentiell realism; posthumanism; nymaterialism; miljöhumanism; kulturstudier; feminism; genus;

   Abstract : Breathing is not a common subject in feminist studies. Breathing Matters introduces this phenomenon as a forceful potentiality for feminist intersectional theories, politics, and social and environmental justice. READ MORE

5. 8. Mutual Understanding in Situated Interactions with Conversational User Interfaces : Theory, Studies, and Computation

   Author : Dimosthenis Kontogiorgos; Joakim Gustafsson; Gabriel Skantze; Catherine Pelachaud; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; human-computer interaction; social robots; smart-speakers; multimodal behaviours; social signal processing; common ground; dialogue and discourse; joint-construction tasks; embodiment; conversational failures; Computer Science; Datalogi;

   Abstract : This dissertation presents advances in HCI through a series of studies focusing on task-oriented interactions between humans and between humans and machines. The notion of mutual understanding is central, also known as grounding in psycholinguistics, in particular how people establish understanding in conversations and what interactional phenomena are present in that process. READ MORE

6. 9. In Romance with the Materials of Mobile Interaction : A Phenomenological Approach to the Design of Mobile Information Technology

   Author : Daniel Fällman; John A. Waterworth; Pieter Jan Stappers; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Människa-dator-interaktion; Mobile Interaction; Embodiment; Phenomenology; Design; Human-Computer Interaction; Människa-dator-interaktion; Information technology; Informationsteknologi; människa-datorinteraktion; människa-datorinteraktion;

   Abstract : This thesis deals analytically and through design with the issue of Human­Computer Interaction (HCI) with mobile devices; mobile interaction. Specifically, it is an investigation into and a capitalization on the multistable kinds of relations that arise between the threefold of human user, artifact, and world, and how dealing with this kind of technology and these relations in many ways must be regarded as different from mainstream HCI. READ MORE

7. 10. Organoleptic Interfaces: Exploring Embodied Methods in Foodscapes

   Author : Anna Maria Orru; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; urban-making; embodiment; artistic-based research; foodscapes; relational assemblages; deeper commitment to environment; performativity; imagineering; critical cartography; choreography; performativity;

   Abstract : In the move to re-acquaint urban green and in-between spaces as solely parks and open spaces, this research looks to the concept of emerging foodscapes to form a transformative behaviour with food in the city. Urban population growth, unstable food security, environmental consequences of industrial food production are all motives for concern, alongside individual awareness of food provisioning, seasonal availability and behaviour. READ MORE