Publication details
Embodiment in Action: Embodied Experiences of More-Than-Human Entanglements
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| Year of publication | 2026 |
| Type | Paper in proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3772363.3778878 |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3778878 |
| Keywords | embodiment; HCI |
| Description | This meet-up brings together HCI researchers, designers, and practitioners to explore embodiment and more-than-human relations through a shared, situated, and embodied experience. While fourth-wave HCI has increasingly addressed the entanglement of bodies, technologies, and systems of power, such discussions are often abstract and disembodied. This session counters that trend by centring participants’ lived, bodily states, such as hunger, fatigue, joy, and discomfort, through a series of rotating, themed stations inspired by embodied design and World Caf\'{e} methods. Participants will reflect on how social inequalities, technologies, and non-human actors are inscribed in and experienced through the body. By approaching embodiment with our own bodies at the centre, this meet-up aims to cultivate a sense of community, inspire new research perspectives, and foster long-term collaborations. Attendees will leave not only with insights but with a felt sense of relationality that extends beyond the session. |
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