Article
Mobile Bodies - Re-Imagining Design through a Dance Lens Journal of Technology and Innovation.pdf
Technology and Innovation
(2019)
Abstract
This article delves into the ways in which dance practice revises traditional approaches to assistivetechnology design, adding a productive dimension to current momentum in the designfield at large. Based upon research with dancers who have disabilities that was approved by anInstitutional Review Board, as well as practice-based research, the author examines the art ofdance as a catalyst for reframing design thinking for assistive technology. Specifically, attentionis drawn to the interpersonal and embodied facets of assistive technology. This research-basedanalysis expands the creative landscape in design thinking through attending to the disableddancing body while carving an innovative space for dialogic intersections between the fieldsof dance, disability, and assistive technology design.
Keywords
- Design; Assistive technology; Dance; Disability; Innovation
Disciplines
Publication Date
October, 2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21300/21.1.2019.29
Citation Information
Merry L. Morris. "Mobile Bodies - Re-Imagining Design through a Dance Lens Journal of Technology and Innovation.pdf" Technology and Innovation Vol. 21 Iss. 1 (2019) p. 29 - 41 ISSN: 1949-825X Available at: http://works.bepress.com/merry-morris/42/