Fiona,
On Sep 17, 2013, at 6:17 AM, Fiona Jane Candy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Movement and the body doesn't get talked about much on this list....I wonder why this is. Is this due to the primacy of the human body - the overwhelming presence of the moving body in perception and consciousness - that means that people ( inc many design researchers) so often overlook it ?
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> Any thoughts?
I don't have any clear thoughts about how and when this interacts with some of what we've talked about here. I've previously conflated several issues under the phrase "thinking through making." It's clear to me that people learn differently if they interact with objects in the manner that much design gets done. Part of that is the facilitation of iterative action--making and remaking. Part of that is interacting with a thing. And at least some of this can be the physicality of the making.
I wish I had something more solid to say about that.
Gunnar
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