Sociology

Neuroscience

Bridging (networking)

Cognitive science

Unpacking

Computer network

Biology

Operating system

Embodied cognition

Aesthetics

Epistemology

Philosophy

Artificial intelligence

Psychology

Immunology

Metaphor

Diathesis

Soma

Computer science

Linguistics

Process (computing)

Dichotomy

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

We report on a somaesthetic design workshop and the subsequent analytical work aiming to demystify what is entailed in a non-dualistic design stance on embodied interaction and why a first-person engagement is crucial to its unfoldings. However, as we will uncover through a detailed account of our process, these first-person engagements are deeply entangled with second- and third-person perspectives, sometimes even overlapping. The analysis furthermore reveals some strategies for bridging the body-mind divide by attending to our inner universe and dissolving or traversing dichotomies between inside and outside ; individual and social ; body and technology . By detailing the creative process, we show how soma design becomes a process of designing with and through kinesthetic experience, in turn letting us confront several dualisms that run like fault lines through HCI’s engagement with embodied interaction.

Unpacking Non-Dualistic Design: The Soma Design Case