Student Name: Blaire Bosley 

Title: Our bodies always remember: Collaborative approaches to designing a praxis for immersive Experiences 

Date:  November 18, 2025

Time:  2 - 4:30pm

Location: (in-person and Virtual Link):  TSRB 222, 

Zoom Link: https://gatech.zoom.us/j/99844670645?pwd=jwrvyzAnIbF3q6UV14YFD5JZTGZHvg.1 

Committee:  Dr. Susana Morris (chair), Dr. André Brock, Dr. Michael Nitsche, Dr. Rebecca Rouse, Dr. Anne Sullivan

Summary:  As technology has advanced, so have the ways people share and tell stories. With immersive experiences, these narratives can feel more personal, allowing us to connect more deeply to the world, different communities, and ourselves. While these experiences can challenge our potential biases and preconceived ideas, significant challenges and potential ethical risks can still arise. These risks can include a perpetuation of trauma, feelings of uneasiness about the experience, or even a possible lack of clarity regarding the actual purpose or intent of the experience. It is within this problem space that this research exists. Utilizing the scholarship of Immersive Experience Design, Digital Archiving, and Black Girlhood Studies to develop an Ethnographic Immersive Methodology (EIM), this dissertation aims to combat the unethical belief that immersive experiences can illicit change through an EIM-centered praxis. In addition to conducting an in-depth analysis of existing ethnographic and immersive experiences through an EIM lens, this research utilizes the experience of the Kidney Transplant process to conduct a case study engaging with EIMs. By applying EIM throughout the development stages, one can approach the design and development of immersive experiences with care and trust.