Call for Participation

In this workshop, we bring together HCI researchers and designers to discuss personal experiences with encountering religion and spirituality (R/S) in their work, to consider principles and strategies for research and design that engages with R/S, to imagine possibilities at the intersection of R/S and HCI, to contribute to publications on working with R/S and HCI, and to further establish a network of scholars that can provide each other support in navigating R/S in their work.

We invite anyone who is interested in this topic to participate, including those who don't generally work in R/S contexts but have had intersections (intentional or not) with R/S in their work, such as study participants who cite R/S beliefs as a key consideration in technology adoption. We call on potential participants to share short submissions (3-4 pages) that may take the form of (but are not limited to):

• case studies that discuss completed, in-progress, or potential studies that intersect with R/S;

• position papers that articulate strategies, principles, guidelines, or themes for R/S-related work in HCI;

• reflections on previous intersections with R/S, including navigating your own R/S identity in your work;

• design fictions or speculative designs imagining futures of R/S and HCI intersections; and

• artworks that contemplate R/S and interactive technology.

This call for participation is open to all HCI researchers or designers interested in further considering R/S as a component of their work, regardless of their research focus.

To submit your contribution for the workshop:

1. Email your submission to spirited.hci@gmail.com.

2. Complete this short Google Form.

• Submissions will be accepted for consideration until October 6.

  • Note: Submissions received by September 2, 2024 will receive acceptance decisions before the conference's extended "Early Bird" deadline on September 6.

• The submissions will be lightly reviewed by the organizers to ensure fit with the workshop theme, and potential participants will be notified of acceptance within 72 hours of submission.

• With author permission, accepted submissions will be posted on the workshop website.