A Pedagogy of Movement: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Motion

Authors

  • Nefeli Chatzistefani
  • Nefeli Chatzistefani
  • Jonathan Heron

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v5i1.213

Abstract

This critical reflection documents a collaboration between an arts practitioner-researcher and a biomedical engineer in the field of interdisciplinary pedagogy. From one perspective, we read movement as a cultural practice engaging theories of embodiment and informed by dance studies; from another perspective, we study movement as a product of internal and external forces acting on the body and we investigate the science behind the structure and function of human motion. This article reflects upon these differences and considers opportunities for new experimentation within interdisciplinary movement studies, in particular, the co-authors reflect upon the various definitions and affordances of the term ‘bio-mechanical’ and its application to movement and motion capture. The article ends with an overview of the experiments yet to be undertaken within transdisciplinary pedagogy at the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL), University of Warwick.

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Author Biography

  • Nefeli Chatzistefani
    Engineering and IATL/IAS, Early career fellow

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Published

2017-10-30

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2017): October

Section

Movement

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