Speculative Probe Items to Capture Fluid Religious and Spiritual Belonging in HCI

With this submission, we respond to the workshop’s theme of fluidity and explore how religious and/or spiritual (R/S) belonging might be captured in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) projects that take R/S fluidity seriously. We make a case for probes as a useful approach and present speculative examples of potential probe items to capture fluid R/S belonging. The examples are rooted in an ongoing interdisciplinary project between Protestant theology and HCI, SoulMate, that explores ways to support young adults in navigating existential questions.

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