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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00348
- Thesis Title
- Understanding Fukushima. Designing for an embodied interaction with citizen science data
- Author
- Ben Dromey
- E-mail
- ben.dromey AT gmail.com
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- MA in New Media
- Year
- 2012
- Number of Pages
- 106
- University
- Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
- Thesis Supervisor
- Pipsa Asiala
- Supervisor e-mail
- pipsa.asiala AT aalto.fi
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Koray Tahiroglu
- Language(s) of Thesis
- Englsih
- Department / Discipline
- Department of Media/ New Media
- Copyright Ownership
- Ben Dromey
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- Keywords
- Fukushima, ionising radiation, New Media, embodied interaction, phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, citizen science, aes- thetics of interaction, sonification
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- This thesis uses the radiation events in Fukushima as a case study for exploring the possible use of phenomenological theory to assess information gathering methods as well as suggesting possible ways of communicating this informa- tion. Embodied interaction is used as a theoretical framework for designing an interaction with information gathered from Fukushima but interacted with in a remote time and place. This is realised through an interactive installation that emphasises the use of the body in the act of making meaning from infor- mation. As a seperate but complimentary investigation, when information is urgently needed, crowd-sourced, citizen science activities and new media tools are highlighted as invaluable assets in comparison to traditional news media and institutional scientific enquiry. The aim of the thesis is to build a method of approaching information about environmental issues. This method includes recognising information gathering techniques and new media tools and focuss- ing on the body as a vital perceptual tool in the act of information gathering and in the act of creating meaning from representations of information.