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A Route to Somatic Literacy of the Pelvic Floor through Technology-Initiated Touch
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3443-5806
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID. KTH Royal Inst Technol, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5277-3863
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6203-0780
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9472-3805
2025 (English)In: Proceedings Of The 2025 CHI Conference On Human Factors In Computing Sytems, CHI 2025, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2025, article id 360Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The Pelvic Chair is a shape-changing chair that touches the pelvic area. Through rhythmic and gentle movements on different parts of the pelvic area, the touch interactions from the Pelvic Chair invite attention to the anatomy, muscles, and connectedness. We present a user study with 14 participants focusing on their experience of being touched by the Pelvic Chair. Through our qualitative analysis of participants experiences, we show that meaningful touch can offer an active approach to sensing the pelvic floor that contributes to increasing somatic literacy - becoming familiar with the pelvic floor, being able to feel and distinguish between tension and relaxation, and establishing new connections between the pelvic floor and the body. Using the Pelvic Chair as a design case we show the potential for technology-initiated touch in providing an intimate and safe way of touching and connecting with the body.

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2025. article id 360
Keywords [en]
intimate touch, pelvic floor, body awareness, haptic interactions, shape-changing, touch, intimate health
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Human Computer Interaction
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-371922DOI: 10.1145/3706598.3713223ISI: 001496957100140Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105005742857OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-371922DiVA, id: diva2:2010478
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2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems-CHI, APR 26-MAY 01, 2025, Yokohama, JAPAN
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Available from: 2025-10-30 Created: 2025-10-30 Last updated: 2026-04-01Bibliographically approved

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Yadav, DeepikaZheng, Caroline YanStåhl, AnnaBalaam, Madeline

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