Enactive Systems and Enactive Media

Embodied Human-Machine Coupling beyond Interfaces

Bibliographic Data

ID10282147
AuthorsMauri Kaipainen (Mauri Kaipainen (educator, researcher), Södertörn University, Alfred Nobels allé 7, S-141 89 Huddinge, Sweden.., corresponding author), Niklas Ravaja (0000-0003-1876-8731, Niklas Ravaja (researcher), Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, and Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research, Aalto University, P.O. Box 21255, FIN-00076 Aalto, Finland.., corresponding author), Pia Tikka (0000-0003-3658-7993, Pia Tikka (filmmaker, researcher), Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design, School of Art and Design, P.O. Box 31000, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland.), Rasmus Vuori (Rasmus Vuori (educator, researcher), Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Dept. of Media, PB 31000, Hämeentie 135 C, Helsinki, Finland.), Roberto Pugliese (0000-0002-1687-4795, Aalto University), Marco Rapino (Marco Rapino (game programmer), Rovio, Annankatu 31-33 C FI-00100 Helsinki, Finland.), Tapio Takala (0000-0002-7704-5800, Aalto University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume44
Issue5
Pages433-438
Publication date2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeonardo (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/leon_a_00244
OpenAlexW2160191159
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited22

This paper proposes the concept of enactive system as an alternative to the standard human-computer system and elaborates the idea of content mediation as enactive media. The authors' system consists of the two elements coupled in a holistic manner by means of bodily and spatial involvement, or enactment. Such a system is recursive by nature, involving the impact of the technology on the human agent as well as the effect of the human experience on the technology. Instead of the standard explicit interface, there is an implicit connecting surface, based on unconscious psycho-physiological reactions. The aim is not only to point out an analytic approach to existing media systems but also to develop radically novel media concepts implied by the enactive systems

Cognitive science · Embodied cognition · Human–computer interaction · Human–machine system · Interface (matter) · Mediation · Point (geometry) · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Action Observation and Synchronization · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Mathematics · Psychology

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