Jinhan Wan
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Jinhan Wan investigates the intersection of performing arts and digital technology, with a primary focus on how virtualization reshapes performer expressivity, engagement, and human-computer interaction. Their most-cited work, “Contradiction pushes me to improvise”: Performer Expressivity and Engagement in Distanced Movement Performance Paradigms (2023), draws on interviews with 25 professional movement-based performers to reveal how the shift from live to online performance alters creative workflows and embodied communication. This study, garnering 18 citations, demonstrates Wan’s ability to bridge performance studies and HCI, offering critical insights into the tensions between physical presence and digital mediation. By documenting how performers adapt expressivity under constrained technological conditions, Wan contributes foundational knowledge for designing more empathetic, responsive systems for remote collaboration. Their work is notable for centering practitioner voices and exposing the nuanced contradictions that drive improvisation in distanced contexts. As a researcher, Wan is shaping conversations around embodied interaction and the future of performance in increasingly virtual environments, making their scholarship essential for students and scholars exploring the human side of digital transformation in the arts.
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