Speaker
Denise Lengyel is an Innovation Fellow at the Centre for Digital Citizens within Open Lab, exploring the ‘Ageless’ citizen. My work is centered around the exploration of arts-based and creative research methods including text-, image- and perfomance-based methods such as (visual) storytelling, drawing and dance. My interest is in arts as an embodied way of experiencing, reflecting, meaning-making, knowing and learning for both the researcher and participants over the course of the whole research process. I am keen on exploring how this can be supported through technology and how it can enrich our means of expression, our exchange with others and self-reflection.
Abstract
When thinking of arts in HCI, one might be tempted to keep one’s eyes focused on prominent realms such as sketching for UX Design and design probes from participants. A closer look shows that practices go beyond this, involving a variety of arts-based expressions by researchers, the researched and third parties, e.g. graphic facilitators. Inspired by Toselli’s Sketchnote Army Travelling Sketchbook, researchers and artists contributed to a ’Travelling Sketchbook for Arts in HCI’, showcasing their arts-based practice in HCI. The resulting sketchbook explores the intersection between HCI and artistic expression, illuminating what it means to use art in HCI. It shows the breadth of Arts in HCI, illustrating the many fruitful possibilities for extending existing research and dissemination methods in HCI. It also calls into question current practices, which often do not recognise the significance of artist attribution, and, in turn, advocates for equal authorship between principal researchers and contributing artists.
Event Details
Date: May 22nd, 2024
Time: 13:00-14:00 (GMT)
Location: InPerson and Online
Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/qmut5JjpSb