@inproceedings{wolf2023godibox,
 abstract = {The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of alternative formats for religious rituals, such as Protestant online worship services. However, current design approaches focus on problem-solving, and the resulting online solutions merely imitate the offline status quo. To overcome these limitations, we suggest adopting a provotype approach that allows for a more holistic, open-ended dialogue with those affected. We iteratively developed a first provotype in response to tensions found in observation-based field research, aiming to test whether and how it can trigger productive impulses for exploring future technology-mediated worship services based on existing experiences and perspectives. The resulting God-I-Box exaggerates individuality and allows congregants to act almost like liturgists. An analysis of congregants’ and pastors’ (online) first encounters with the God-I-Box revealed three reaction modes: spontaneous emotions, reflective coping, and exploratory imagination. We conclude with reflections and recommendations for provocative research and design in this context and beyond.},
 added-at = {2025-04-21T21:58:24.000+0200},
 address = {New York, NY, USA},
 author = {Wolf, Sara and Steinmüller, Benedikt and Mörike, Frauke and Luthe, Simon and Hurtienne, Jörn},
 biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ce370541d7301265fcf9207debf0613e/wolfssara},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference},
 doi = {10.1145/3563657.3596029},
 interhash = {aa1332a0bf6e2994fa5636e2d0d5eb9f},
 intrahash = {ce370541d7301265fcf9207debf0613e},
 isbn = {9781450398930},
 keywords = {myown},
 location = {Pittsburgh, PA, USA},
 numpages = {14},
 pages = {1710–1723},
 publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
 series = {DIS '23},
 timestamp = {2025-05-19T20:57:09.000+0200},
 title = {The God-I-Box: Iteratively Provotyping Technology-Mediated Worship Services},
 url = {https://publications.wolf-research.com/2023-dis-god-i-box-authorversion.pdf},
 year = {2023}
}