Transformative Experience Design

In the last couple of years, I and my team have been intensively working on a new research program in Positive Technology: Transformative Experience Design.In short, the goal of this project is to understand how virtual reality, brain-based technologies and the language of arts can support transformative experiences, that is, emotional experiences that promote deep personal change.About Transformative Experience DesignAs noted by Miller and C ’de Baca, there are experiences in life that are able to generate profound and long-lasting shifts in core beliefs and attitudes, including subjective self-transformation. These experiences have the capacity of changing not only what individuals know and value, but also how they see the world.According to Mezirow ’s Transformative Learning Theory, these experiences can be triggered by a “disorienting dilemma” usually related to a life crisis or major life transition (e.g., death, illness, separation, or divorce), which forces individuals to critically examine and eventually revise their core assumptions and beliefs. The outcome of a transformative experience is a significant an d permanent change in the expectations – mindsets, perspectives and habits of mind – through which we filter and make sense of the world. For these characteristics, transformative experiences are gaining increasing attention not only in psychology and neuroscience, but also in philosophy.From a psychological perspective, t...
Source: Positive Technology Journal - Category: Information Technology Tags: Biofeedback & neurofeedback Blue sky Technology spirituality Transformative Experience Design Virtual worlds Wearable mobile Source Type: blogs