The Project
"Socioenactive Systems” is the name of a Thematic Research Project financed by FAPESP[1] (São Paulo Research Foundation), under development at the Institute of Computing of the University of Campinas (Unicamp), in the context of ubiquitous and pervasive computing. We give the name of socioenactive to systems in which there is a strong dynamic coupling of their physical, digital and social (embedded) elements. The name is also a reference to enactivist to cognition and human experience[2], which argues that cognition is not exclusively the result of neuronal processes in the person's head, but takes place in a dynamic set of interactions between the brain, body and environment.Objectives
In this project, a systemic understanding of interaction design in the context of socioenactive systems is being built from the design and experimentation of such systems in 3 different scenarios: learning environment, exploratory science museum and hospital environment. The “partner” in socioenative systems emphasizes the intersubjective aspects of a tripartite relationship of social, physical and digital elements that constitute the experience of interaction with technology.The Partners
The scenarios created in the project are being tested in partnership with the Exploratory Science Museum at Unicamp, the Brazilian Society for Research and Assistance to Craniofacial Rehabilitation (SOBRAPAR), a hospital for the treatment of facial defects, and the Division of Child and Complementary Education (DEdIC) at Unicamp. With them we design, build artifacts and installations and investigate the socioenactive in exploratory scenarios.Ethical Concerns
The project has the approval of the Research Ethics Committee (CAAE 72413817.3.0000.5404).References
[1] SocioEnactive Systems: Investigating New Dimensions in the Design of Interaction Mediated by Information and Communication Technologies - FAPESP Thematic Project funding #2015/16528-0[2] Varela, F., Thompson, E., Rosch, E. 1991/2016. The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press