Designing empowering vocal and tangible interaction:
2013 (English)In: The International conference on new interfaces for musical expression / [ed] Kyogu Lee, Kaejeon, Korea: Seoul National University , 2013, p. 406-412Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed) [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]
Our voice and body are important parts of our self-experience, and our communication and relational possibilities. They gradually become more important for Interaction Design due to increased development of tangible interaction and mobile communication. In this paper we present and discuss our work with voice and tangible interaction in our ongoing research project RHYME. The goal is to improve health for families, adults and children with disabilities through use of collaborative, musical, tangible media. We build on the use of voice in Music Therapy and on a humanistic health approach. Our challenge is to design vocal and tangible interactive media that through use reduce isolation and passivity and increase empowerment for the users. We use sound recognition, generative sound synthesis, vibrations and cross-media techniques to create rhythms, melodies and harmonic chords to stimulate voice-body connections, positive emotions and structures for actions.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Kaejeon, Korea: Seoul National University , 2013. p. 406-412
Series
New Interfaces for Musical Expression, ISSN 2220-4806
Keywords [en]
Vocal, Interactive Music Composition, Musicking, Music Therapy, Assistive Technologies, Music and Health, Interaction Design, Music Technology, Health
National Category
Interaction Technologies Musicology Music Design Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-11176OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-11176DiVA, id: diva2:657447
Conference
The International conference on new interfaces for musical expression
Projects
RHYME.no, The Research Council of NorwayInteractive Music CompositionMusicalFieldsForever2013-10-192013-10-192021-09-09Bibliographically approved