Karen D Wood
Biographic Data
| ID | 7528155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen D Wood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen D |
| FAMILY NAME | Wood |
| SIGNATURE | WOOD K D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Coventry University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6120-9866 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Subverting Norms and Shaping Perceptions
This article examines how the popular BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing (2004–) and its casting and choreography challenge traditional norms of gender roles and body perceptions in dance. The research draws on dance theory, media studies and social justice concepts to interrogate how the show’s portrayal of diverse bodies can influence broader societal attitudes. We explore the evolving representation of gender and disability on Strictly …
Visualising the cochlea, improvisation, and embodied interaction
The Shape of Sound project is a site-specific installation and performance exploring how movement affects the sounds that we hear by creatively interpreting the anatomy of the inner ear. Using qualitative research methods such as Experiential Anatomy and inductive thematic analysis, this study asks how the historic and acoustic past of Coventry’s Anglican Chapel can co-curate contemporary installation and performance. This paper expands on the pr…
Virtual Reality and Choreographic Practice
Virtual reality (VR) is becoming an increasingly intriguing space for dancers and choreographers. Choreographers may find new possibility emerging in using virtual reality to create movement and the WhoLoDancE: Whole-Body Interaction Learning for Dance Education project is developing tools to assist in this process. The interdisciplinary team which includes dancers, choreographers, educators, artists, coders, technologists and system architects h…
Motion Capturing Emotions
The paper explores the activities conducted as part of WhoLoDancE: Whole Body Interaction Learning for Dance Education which is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project. In particular, we discuss the motion capture sessions that took place at Motek, Amsterdam as well as the dancers’ experience of being captured and watching themselves or others as varying visual representations through the HoloLens. HoloLens is Microsoft’s first holographic computer tha…
Bridging Print Literacies and Digital Literacies Using Strategy Guides
In this article, print and digital literacies are compared and examples of quality instruction are provided
Kinesthetic Empathy
No abstract available
Interactive Word Walls
This article reports on a study and subsequent vocabulary instructional framework involving middle school students' knowledge of word walls and the efficacy of this instructional tool for improving vocabulary knowledge at these grade levels. We investigated middle school students' perspectives and understanding of word walls by conducting individual interviews with 44 seventh‐grade students in a suburban middle school. Then we developed an intera…
Making and circulating knowledge through Sir William Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei
William Hamilton's celebrated letters, articles and publications embodied his experiences as a direct observer of nature. This paper tracks their different courses through preparation, production, distribution and consumption to expose the networks through which Hamilton's knowledge was made and moved. It makes a detailed study of the changes incurred when his experiences were translated between written, oral, painted and printed formats. Sensiti…
Kinesthetic Empathy
No abstract available
Making and circulating knowledge through Sir William Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei
William Hamilton's celebrated letters, articles and publications embodied his experiences as a direct observer of nature. This paper tracks their different courses through preparation, production, distribution and consumption to expose the networks through which Hamilton's knowledge was made and moved. It makes a detailed study of the changes incurred when his experiences were translated between written, oral, painted and printed formats. Sensiti…
Interactive Word Walls
This article reports on a study and subsequent vocabulary instructional framework involving middle school students' knowledge of word walls and the efficacy of this instructional tool for improving vocabulary knowledge at these grade levels. We investigated middle school students' perspectives and understanding of word walls by conducting individual interviews with 44 seventh‐grade students in a suburban middle school. Then we developed an intera…
Bridging Print Literacies and Digital Literacies Using Strategy Guides
In this article, print and digital literacies are compared and examples of quality instruction are provided
Kinesthetic Empathy
No abstract available
Motion Capturing Emotions
The paper explores the activities conducted as part of WhoLoDancE: Whole Body Interaction Learning for Dance Education which is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project. In particular, we discuss the motion capture sessions that took place at Motek, Amsterdam as well as the dancers’ experience of being captured and watching themselves or others as varying visual representations through the HoloLens. HoloLens is Microsoft’s first holographic computer tha…
Virtual Reality and Choreographic Practice
Virtual reality (VR) is becoming an increasingly intriguing space for dancers and choreographers. Choreographers may find new possibility emerging in using virtual reality to create movement and the WhoLoDancE: Whole-Body Interaction Learning for Dance Education project is developing tools to assist in this process. The interdisciplinary team which includes dancers, choreographers, educators, artists, coders, technologists and system architects h…
Subverting Norms and Shaping Perceptions
This article examines how the popular BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing (2004–) and its casting and choreography challenge traditional norms of gender roles and body perceptions in dance. The research draws on dance theory, media studies and social justice concepts to interrogate how the show’s portrayal of diverse bodies can influence broader societal attitudes. We explore the evolving representation of gender and disability on Strictly …
Visualising the cochlea, improvisation, and embodied interaction
The Shape of Sound project is a site-specific installation and performance exploring how movement affects the sounds that we hear by creatively interpreting the anatomy of the inner ear. Using qualitative research methods such as Experiential Anatomy and inductive thematic analysis, this study asks how the historic and acoustic past of Coventry’s Anglican Chapel can co-curate contemporary installation and performance. This paper expands on the pr…
Art (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Dance (3 works) · Embodied cognition (3 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (2 works) · Human Motion and Animation (2 works) · Human–computer interaction (2 works)