Towards a typology of touch in multisensory makerspaces
Journal article
Friend, Lesley and Mills, Kathy A.. (2021). Towards a typology of touch in multisensory makerspaces. Learning, Media and Technology. 46(4), pp. 465-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2021.1928695
Authors | Friend, Lesley and Mills, Kathy A. |
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Abstract | This research examined the role of touch in creative media production in the context of educational and community makerspaces. Touch, while only recently explored in digital media production, is a crucial perceptive sense through which to experience the world, particularly in two- and three-dimensional making, and to explore texture, temperature, and vibration. As an embodied experience through the hands, fingers, and other body parts, touch affords knowledge and agency. This paper describes research that investigated how students, ages 8–13, used touch to make media. The findings illustrate how different touch types—explorative, creative, auxiliary, evocative, orchestrated, and transformative – emerged as central to the students’ media practices for making products. These findings are important given the recent applications of embodiment theory and its relevance to creative digital media making in education and society. |
Keywords | digital media production; communication; embodiment; makerspaces; senses; touch |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Learning, Media and Technology |
Journal citation | 46 (4), pp. 465-482 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1743-9884 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2021.1928695 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85106258581 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.sensestogether.com |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Page range | 465-482 |
Project | Sensory orchestration for multimodal literacy learning in primary education |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Related Output | |
Is part of | PURL: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT180100009 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 17 May 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 May 2021 |
Deposited | 20 Jul 2021 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | FT180100009 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8w63z/towards-a-typology-of-touch-in-multisensory-makerspaces
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