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Political economy: Poly-centricity
Article

Political economy: Poly-centricity

For over 40 years Elinor Ostrom studied how rural communities in different places in the world…
Science and Technology Studies: Actor Network Theory
Article

Science and Technology Studies: Actor Network Theory

Science and Technology Studies (STS) studies how science and technological innovation affect…
Business studies: Presencing and the U-Turn
Article

Business studies: Presencing and the U-Turn

Senge introduced the concept of ‘presencing’ as a means to guide organizations to go through…
The strive for survival and well-being
Article

The strive for survival and well-being

Having identified that the sense of ‘being-here’ and the sense of ‘being-there’ are merging, the…
Being Here
Article

Being Here

In the 1990s the ‘being-here’ perspective on presence design is initially overshadowed by the many…
The first day
Article

The first day

Introduction of my first day in TU Delft
The internal pulse
Article

The internal pulse

From the domain of music and neuroscience, Grahn (2009) provides a comprehensive review of the…
Voice and synchrony
Article

Voice and synchrony

There is growing research on understanding how our bodies move with voice and how voices move with…
Well-being: intra- and interpersonal synchrony
Article

Well-being: intra- and interpersonal synchrony

William Condon proposed that being able to entrain in time with another person facilitates physical…
Rhythm and music
Article

Rhythm and music

In contrast to research in anthropology and human interaction, where entrainment, rhythm, and…
Timing and meaning
Article

Timing and meaning

In music, timing is very important. If you get the rhythm right, the tune will be recognizable as…
Rhythm in language and music
Article

Rhythm in language and music

The rhythmic coupling in Body Moves seems to be akin to music performance. In a choir, for example
Presence
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Presence

In this research presence refers to the presence of a human beings who breathes and has a heart…
Artworks interrelating concepts of presence
ACADEMIA

Artworks interrelating concepts of presence

A wide range of artworks have been created within the new media that can be explained through the…
De Amstel Verandert (www.deamstelverandert.nl)
ACADEMIA

De Amstel Verandert (www.deamstelverandert.nl)

On the De Amstel Verandert website (translation: The Amstel River in change), one can propose his…
Breda-Morgen (www.breda-morgen.nl)
ACADEMIA

Breda-Morgen (www.breda-morgen.nl)

This project is an interactive site from and for the citizens of Breda. The goal is to connect…
YUTPA analysis Facebook
Article

YUTPA analysis Facebook

In this example a YUTPA analysis is carried out to understand how Facebook’s presence design…
The Internet and mediated presence
ACADEMIA

The Internet and mediated presence

The transcendence of time and place has been a human drive for centuries. Inventions of script
Mutual manifestation and mutual adaptation
Article

Mutual manifestation and mutual adaptation

The role of rhythm in facilitating sense-making in human communication lies in prior research…
A concert hall is a specialized place, optimized for a particular experience.
ART

A concert hall is a specialized place, optimized for a particular experience.

The acoustics are perfect. Temperature and moisture exactly in balance to make sure the piano stays…
A concert hall can be the place to learn anew how to deal with time.
ART

A concert hall can be the place to learn anew how to deal with time.

How to engage with impulses that can’t go any faster than they are coming.
Honesty benefits from time.
ART

Honesty benefits from time.

Taking one’s time is no luxury, but indispensable to keeping track of reality. In this world
Attention
ART

Attention

Attention requires time.
The multitude of impressions is fascinating and enriching, as long as your rate of watching, listening and analyzing is sufficiently high.
ART

The multitude of impressions is fascinating and enriching, as long as your rate of watching, listening and analyzing is sufficiently high.

This is something that can be learned. You become more adept at screening things superficially and…