The Abductive Wisdom of Dance as an Empirical Method

Embodied knowing and non-linear methodologies are becoming increasingly more accepted as part of the research catalogue of HCI and design practices. Whilst bodystorming has become a staple practice, the overall discipline of Dance is only in its infancy when it comes to becoming recognized as fully valid and viable for empirical research in/for HCI. This paper will document a collaborative dance practice research exploration to constrictively critique the existing practices in HCI and computing research. In our work we are drawing on somatic, meditative and embodied dance practice as means to explore new avenues to answer established queries in/of HCI.

Thereby we scope the strengths and opportunities of methodological pluriversalism and the limits of linear epistemologies in their ability to cater for queer (et al.) biographies.