Social and Enactive Interactions with the Aquarela Virtual: Thematic Analysis of a Remote Activity

• Emanuel Felipe Duarte State University of Campinas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1445-1238
• M. Cecília C. Baranauskas State University of Campinas / Federal University of Paraná http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-5298

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wie.2022.224733

Abstract

Ubiquitous systems that consider the body in action contribute to technologies more integrated with our lives. However, the pandemic context has brought new challenges to the study of enactive and social aspects of technology use. In this paper, we present Aquarela Virtual and its preschool remote use, a system that promotes the manipulation of physical objects to interact with excerpts and elements of the song Aquarela. A thematic analysis of the interactions of a 5-year-old child, in a remote workshop with two colleagues, highlighted themes such as: forms of communication, identification, socio-affectivity, and autonomy. The analysis of such themes contributes to the design of systems that promote the use of the body and social interactions, even in social isolation.

Keywords: Ubiquitous Systems, Social Interaction, Remote Activity, Thematic Analysis

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