Publication Type

Conference Poster

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

5-2014

Abstract

Art therapy provides therapeutic benefit to people suffering from chronic pain, and recent work has explored supporting art therapy through online tools such as chat forums and discussion boards. These tools give people the benefit of engaging in art therapy without the burden of having to leave one’s home (when transportation may be a challenge), and allowing people to reveal their identities through dialogue and activity rather than through one’s appearance. However, these tools also do not provide much opportunity for collaboration and shared art making. Because group members are not aware of each other’s actions and non-verbal cues in a chat room, they cannot collaborate with each other easily. We discuss the design and development of tools that promote enhanced awareness of non-verbal cues and shared creative experiences in online group art therapy.

Keywords

Art making, Art therapy, Collaboration, Online therapy, Telehealth, User awareness, User embodiment

Discipline

Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Publication

Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, Canada, 2014 April 26 - May 1,

First Page

1759

Last Page

1764

ISBN

9781450324748

Identifier

10.1145/2559206.2581302

Publisher

ACM

City or Country

Toronto, Canada

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/2559206.2581302

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