Conversational Composites: A Method for Illustration Layering
Paper in proceeding, 2023

The conversational nature of sketches is a widespread topic of research. Understanding drawing as a cognitive activity is commonly accepted, and many of the most extensively used methods within Human-Computer Interaction recruit sketching as a technique for ideation, explanation, documentation, and conversation. To further develop the use of this illustration process as a tool of knowledge production, we suggest a novel sketching method. We present Conversational Composites: a flexible method grounded in the material and tangible qualities of sketching in different forms and media, creating physical and digital layers of conversation between participants. We present and reflect on the proposed method through an applied case of a conversation between a PhD student and her supervisor, and offer suggestions on how it may be adapted and appropriated by other researchers in the HCI community.

Author

Mafalda Samuelsson-Gamboa

University of Gothenburg

Sara Ljungblad

University of Gothenburg

Miriam Amber Sturdee

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

1-13
978-1-4503-9977-7 (ISBN)

TEI '23: Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Warsaw, Poland,

The Rise of Social Drones: A Constructive Research Agenda

Marianne och Marcus Wallenberg Foundation (M&MWallenbergsStiftelse), 2020-01-01 -- 2023-12-31.

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Interaction Technologies

Human Aspects of ICT

Human Computer Interaction

DOI

10.1145/3569009.3572793

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7/19/2023