A provocative call to engage with social and sensory aspects of touch

Journal article (2022)

Authors

Carey Jewitt University College London
Sara Price University College London
Jürgen Steimle Saarland University
G. Huisman Human Information Communication Design - IDE
Lili Golmohammadi University College London
Narges Pourjafarian Saarland University
William Frier Ultraleap, Bristol
Thomas Howard University of Rennes
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Human Information Communication Design (IDE) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 Carey Jewitt, Sara Price, Jürgen Steimle, G. Huisman, Lili Golmohammadi, Narges Pourjafarian, William Frier, Thomas Howard, Sima Ipakchian Askari, More Authors
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https://doi.org/10.1177/26349795221115
Design Sensory Multimodal Interdisciplinary research Haptics Manifesto Touch Social touch Digital touch
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2022

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Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Human-Centered Design

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Human Information Communication Design

Abstract

The social and sensory aspects of touch are critical for human communication, yet the challenges of haptic technology development and a focus on the technological means that digital touch communication often fails to realise the potential and promise of touch. The Manifesto for Digital Social Touch in Crisis responds to this through a call to action to rethink and reimagine digital touch. It offers 10 provocative statements as a resource for how haptic designers, developers and researchers might rethink and reimagine the social and sensory aspects of touch, and foreground these more in design.