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“Come on momma, let’s see the drummer”: movement-based interaction and the performance of personal style

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Interaction forms are beginning to make more use of the way we move our bodies in the physical and social world. This paper aims to contribute to a new generation of personal computing by showing how the medium of everyday clothing and dress can bring valuable perspectives to the study of human embodiment and movement. The author refers to ideas from fashion theory and clothing design that can contribute to a richer understanding of the many influences that convene emotions of style and identity. In order to indicate the potential of personal style as a social medium with relevance to human computer interaction (HCI), some existing artefacts that entail interaction through movement are referenced, along with research outcomes from biomechanics, dance and performance. In conclusion design strategies are constructed for new movement-based interaction concepts that can have relevance to the changing meanings of identity in twenty-first century mass society.

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Acknowledgments

I gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK: ‘Clothing and Affect’ grant awarded September 2004. Thanks to Jin Moen for an opportunity to personally experience ‘BodyBug’, and to Christopher James Edmundsen, Department of Technology, UCLAN, for Biomechanical information and advice.

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Candy, F.J. “Come on momma, let’s see the drummer”: movement-based interaction and the performance of personal style. Pers Ubiquit Comput 11, 647–655 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-006-0136-x

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