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Becoming One with Kuddi: Touching Data through an Intimate Data Physicalisation
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Digital Systems, Data Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6203-0780
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
2025 (English)In: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings , Association for Computing Machinery , 2025, article id 117Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Kuddi is a haptic data physicalisation in the form of a soft pillow which combines 12 inflatable pockets to dynamically touch and be touched in relation to the changing menstruating body. This paper presents the soma design process that led to Kuddi’s design, as well as Kuddi’s evaluation through an auto-ethnographic approach, where the first author lived with Kuddi for two menstrual cycles. The resulting dataset was analysed by the research team using a narrative-led approach. Based on this analysis, we present five thick descriptions that capture how the experience of living with Kuddi led to a changing relation with menstrual pain. We contribute a design case of a haptic data physicalisation intended to touch the body and discuss how the material and interaction design choices embodied in Kuddi led to data visceralisation - a way of feeling data in ways which promote new somatic knowledge and experience. 

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Association for Computing Machinery , 2025. article id 117
Keywords [en]
Autoethnography; Data physicalization; First person; First person method; Interaction design; Intimate data; Menstruation; Shape-changing interface; Soma design; Touch
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Computer and Information Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-78589DOI: 10.1145/3706598.3713221Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105005749634ISBN: 9798400713941 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-78589DiVA, id: diva2:1974512
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CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2025. Yokohama, Japan. 26 April 2025 through 1 May 202
Note

Co-funded by the European Union (ERC, Intimate Touch, 101043637), Digital Futures, and Vetenskapsrådet (2019-03762-VR).

Available from: 2025-06-23 Created: 2025-06-23 Last updated: 2025-09-23Bibliographically approved

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