Reflection is fundamental to how people make sense of everyday life, helping them navigate moments of growth, uncertainty, and change. Yet in HCI, existing frameworks of designing technologies to support reflection remain narrow, emphasizing cognitive, rational problem-solving, and individual self-improvement. We introduce Daoist philosophy as a non-Western lens to broaden this scope and reimagine reflective practices in interactive systems. Combining insights from Daoist literature with semi-structured interviews with 18 Daoist priests, scholars, and practitioners, we identified three key dimensions of everyday reflection: Stillness, Resonance, and Emergence. These dimensions reveal emergent, embodied, relational, and ethically driven qualities often overlooked in HCI research. We articulate their potential to inform alternative frameworks for interactive systems for reflection, advocating a shift from reflection toward reflecting-with, and highlight the potential of Daoism as an epistemological resource for the HCI community.
翻译:反思是人们理解日常生活的基础,有助于应对成长、不确定性和变化的关键时刻。然而在人机交互领域,现有支持反思的技术设计框架仍显狭隘,主要强调认知性、理性问题解决及个体自我提升。本文引入道家哲学这一非西方视角,以拓宽研究范畴并重新构想交互系统中的反思实践。通过结合道家典籍的洞见与对18位道士、学者及修行者的半结构化访谈,我们识别出日常反思的三个核心维度:静观、共鸣与涌现。这些维度揭示了人机交互研究中常被忽视的涌现性、具身性、关系性及伦理驱动特质。我们阐明了这些维度为反思性交互系统提供替代框架的潜力,倡导从“反思”向“共思”的范式转变,并强调道家思想作为人机交互领域认识论资源的可能性。