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CHI'25 Presentation

Presentation at podium with “Sensory Probes” slide
Posing with arms crossed at CHI2025 banner

Japan, thank you for the warmth. CHI2025, thank you for the space to move, reflect, and connect.

I presented our paper:
Sensing Movement: Contemporary Dance Workshops with People who are Blind or have Low Vision and Dance Teachers
[Read here: https://lnkd.in/gwWFWD3F]
Co-authored with Matthew Butler Sarah Goodwin Leona Holloway Jim Smiley

Presentation Part 1
Presentation Part 2

Also grateful to have taken part in two incredible workshops:
Body Politics, organised by Vasiliki Tsaknaki , Sarah Fdili Alaoui , Sarah Homewood Jonas Fritsch , Anna Brynskov, Claudia Núñez-Pacheco , Kristin Carlson Katta Spiel, Marco Gillies, and Christina N. Harrington, PhD.

Walking the Future, organised by Nihar Sabnis, Dennis Wittchen, Ata Otaran, Fatima Badmos, Siyi Liu, Aryan Saini, Georg Regal, Vincent van Rheden , Floyd Mueller, Assoc. Prof. Suranga Nanayakkara , Denys J.C. M., Troy Nachtigall, Paul Strohmeier, Laia Turmo Vidal , and Don Samitha Elvitigala .

I also joined two thought-provoking courses on Multimodal AI for Human Sensing and Generative AI for UX.

I ended the week with a lightning talk and meaningful conversations at the Accessibility Lab at Miraikan.

To those I met, thank you for your generosity. If we didn’t cross paths, I’ve shared a few photos and clips from my talk below.

Let’s keep in touch, especially if you’re working in inclusive movement, embodied design, or happen to know of post-docs in this space!

Thank you Google and Gary Mardsen award for supporting the conference participation!

Final thank YOU to my supervisors, co-authors and Julie Holden who have supported me in this journey providing feedback and in many other ways.

Following are some moments from the conference.

Group photo with MATS members infront of the CHI banner.
Group photo with Body Politics workshop participants
Group photo having Foot of participants pointed on a circle from Walking the Future workshop
From Sri Lanka to CHI2025. Proud, tired, and full of gratitude. Mirror selfie in traditional outfit

© Madhuka De Silva

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