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IMMERSIVE EMBODIMENT IBD

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
11 / 2019
9783030279707
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Sinopsis

This book offers a wide-ranging examination of acts of âÇÖvirtual embodimentâÇÖ in performance/gaming/applied contexts that abstract an immersantâÇÖs sense of physical selfhood by instating a virtual body, body-part or computer-generated avatar. Emergent âÇÖimmersiveâÇÖ practices in an increasingly expanding and cross-disciplinary field are coinciding with a wealth of new scientific knowledge in body-ownership and self-attribution. A growing understanding of the way a body constructs its sense of selfhood is intersecting with the historically persistent desire to make an onto-relational link between the body that âÇÖknowsâÇÖ an experience and bodies that cannot know without occupying their unique point of view. The author argues that the desire to empathize with anotherâÇÖs ineffable bodily experiences is finding new expression in contexts of particular urgency. For example, patients wishing to communicate their complex physical experiences to their extended networks of support in healthcare, or communities placing policymakers âÇÖinsideâÇÖ vulnerable, marginalized or disenfranchised virtual bodies in an attempt to prompt personal change.áThis book is intended for students, academics and practitioner-researchers studying or working in the related fields of immersive theatre/art-making, arts-science and VR in applied performance practices.

PVP
107,70