Neither Here nor There: Interactive Installations in Liminal Spaces

MacDonald Vermeulen, Lindsay Anne

Neither Here nor There: Interactive Installations in Liminal Spaces

dc.contributor.advisor	Carpendale, Sheelagh
dc.contributor.advisor	Leblanc, Jean-René
dc.contributor.author	MacDonald Vermeulen, Lindsay Anne
dc.contributor.committeemember	Willett, Wesley
dc.contributor.committeemember	Cahill, Susan
dc.date	2018-06
dc.date.accessioned	2018-05-03T19:11:24Z
dc.date.available	2018-05-03T19:11:24Z
dc.date.issued	2018-04-30
dc.description.abstract	Our everyday lives unfold in an abundance of origin and destination places: home, work; lobby, office; my house, your house. Between origin and destination lies a space belonging to neither, a liminal space, a point in the journey that is not A or B. In this research, liminal space refers to threshold or transition space in the physical realm such as a doorway; in the digital realm such as the act of using a mobile phone while engaged in another activity; and in the conceptual realm such as engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration. There is a tacit social protocol for existing in these spaces and people establish habits or mannerisms to avoid uncomfortable interactions with strangers. As such, my research arises from my observations of people’s interactions with each other in liminal spaces. My doctoral research is focused on creating interactive art that can bring people together in liminal places, with the aim of informing the design of interactive technology that can help people connect and engage with each other. The processes established in this research can subsequently inform future endeavours for designing for engagement with site-specific interactive installations. I examined lived experience within liminal spaces and applied social interaction theory to the design and creation of interactive art installations that can challenge and transform liminal spaces and the experiences within them.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	MacDonald Vermeulen, L. A. (2018). Neither Here nor There: Interactive Installations in Liminal Spaces (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31891	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/31891
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/106605
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies
dc.publisher.faculty	Science
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.publisher.place	Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject	liminality
dc.subject	interdisciplinary collaboration
dc.subject	liminal space
dc.subject	interactive art
dc.subject	human-computer interaction
dc.subject	media art
dc.subject	Interaction Design
dc.subject.classification	Design and Decorative Arts	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Fine Arts	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Information Science	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Computer Science	en_US
dc.title	Neither Here nor There: Interactive Installations in Liminal Spaces
dc.type	doctoral thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Computational Media Design
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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