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PAPERS: Experiences and experiential knowledge Location: Appleton Tower, LT4 Zoom link accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/appleton-lecture-theatre-4-edinburgh Session Chair: Haian Xue, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University | |
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Attuned design practice: Embodied knowledge as a design vocabulary at the intersection of artistic and scientific inquiry. 1: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2: University of Antwerp, Belgium; 3: University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands This article introduces Attuned Design Practice (ADP) as an umbrella term for studying embodied knowledge at the intersection of artistic and scientific inquiry. It addresses an epistemological gap across design and human–computer interaction, dance and somatics, and disability studies. Building on an existing framework of embodied knowing, we examine domain-specific traditions and expose the threshold between these knowledge domains. We propose Open Rehearsals as experimental settings for co-performance among human and non-human actors. Within this context, attunement is introduced as a performative materiality that enables relational, situated, and operational forms of understanding across disciplines. An eighteen-month field study in design, performing arts, and engineering reveals recurring dynamics and patterns of interaction. Rather than defining a fixed framework, ADP is presented as a sensitizing approach, offering provisional vocabularies and analytical entry points for future research toward inclusive and transferable embodied knowledge. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.2360
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