Playful Somaesthetic Technology Practices.

2025/05/13 by Aska Mayer · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Education and Technology Integration

paper · pdf · doi:10.54337/ojs.jos.v10i2.8712

openalex publication_date 2025/05/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This paper explores playful instances of somaesthetic technology practices. Based on a multiple case study strategy, a preliminary framework will be provided for playfulness in technology practices which are focused on somaesthetic experience, appreciation, and transformation. To illustrate the understanding of playful somaesthetic technology practices, three selected cases are introduced (Alternative Game Controllers, Medical Performance Art, Human Tail Augmentations), their playful features defined, and their conditions of practice analysed.

Citations

• Identifying Playfulness: An Empirical Study on How Adults Recognize and Define Playfulness Across Culture
• The Meaning of Playfulness: A Review of the Contemporary Definitions of the Concept across Disciplines
• Playful or Gameful?

Discussions

• This study has been informed by two individual works of ours: Kujala's forthcoming "The Artistic Loneliness of the Finnish Film Actor – and Its Technosymbiotic Cures" (tbp 2026) and my work on Playful [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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