Week+5+-+Bodystorming

 Bodystorming can be used as either an   internal tool  or a public event . When bodystorming is used as an internal tool, it could be utilized to “act out issues, techniques, interfaces and designs. Bodystorming manifests ideas into objects and situations to reveal the kinds of relationships that occurs through social and cultural interactions between people” (“Bodystorming experiences”). When body storming is used as a public event, it could be utilized to demonstrate and research “ideas and situations with groups of people. Like a game, it revels the tensions and pleasures of limits and roles. Using props and take-home materials generated by the participants, everyone shares ownership of their experience” (“Bodystorming experiences”). 
 * Research the definition of 'bodystorming', and write a paragraph describing its characteristics    **

   <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The second case study was **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cognitive – Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> For ADD, the person felt it was difficult to perform tasks leading to frustration that negatively affects his self-esteem. His experiences as a person with ADD reveled that a person with ADD requires clear narration to assist the user and present enjoyable yet challenging activities to improve attention. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The third case study was **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Motor – Chronic Arthritis **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">. For chronic arthritis, the person felt a constant fear for injury that made them extremely apprehensive even in undemanding situations. Also, from expending more energy, his body temperature rose and thereby heightening his anxiety. His experiences as someone with chronic arthritis reveled that a person with chronic arthritis will need accessible routes, passing space, and tangible objects comprised of safe materials. Also, voice recognition systems could be used to empower the chronic arthritis user and enhance interaction. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Describe the information revealed to the researchers in the three different case studies for one paragraph each.  <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">    **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Part 1: Bodystorming Experiencing a Disability”, was a video that explored three different disabilities and the different results from these experiments. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first case study was    **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Visual Impairment – Blindness** **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">. For blindness, the person felt disorientated when performing tasks and also felt a heightened reliance on her other senses when forming a decision. When the person was confronted with stairs, she used a stick to count the steps before physically mounting the steps her self. Her experiences as a person with visual impairment reveled that a blind person will rely upon multi-sensory approaches, such as sound or touch.  **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  “Bodystorming experiences.”    __<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">   Proboscis: Pioneers of Pie in the Sky    __<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">. 8 Feb. 2009 < http://proboscis.org.uk/bodystorming/ >. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">  “Part 1: Bodystorming Experiencing a Disability'” at     <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyE5bDqaSwc