​In the HCI community, there is more openness and interest toward different forms of research outcomes beyond written academic publications. These include pictorial papers, video/audio documentaries, public exhibitions, posters and brochures, design fiction, comics, podcasts and many more. These alternative research outcomes play a critical role in explaining, disseminating, and translating valuable insights and knowledge from HCI research to people outside academic communities. We propose this workshop to initiate the conversation among researchers in the DIS community in generating alternative forms of research outcomes. What inspirations, motivations and critical factors influence the creation of alternative research outcomes? Who is the main audience, and what are the barriers and limitations of making them? The outcome of the workshop will be an enhanced understanding related to how HCI knowledge can be translated to or created for different audiences outside of academia, and a guide for HCI researchers towards creating alternate research outcomes.

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We aim to address the following questions, grouped in three themes, throughout this workshop: 

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• Diverse Forms of Alternative Research Outcomes: What alternative research outputs have the HCI community collectively designed? What are the media, material, and tangible (or intangible) forms of alternative research outcomes?

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• Meaning of Alternative Research Outcomes: What are the factors motivating HCI researchers to create and contribute alternative research outcomes? How can more engaging and accessible forms of knowledge for the populations HCI researchers work with help to take a step toward supporting more equitable participant-researcher relations? 

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• Alternative Research Outcomes as Situated Knowledge: With whom are they meant to be shared, and who benefits from them? How have alternative research outcomes been shared, disseminated and translated to the intended and broader audience? What insights might be reflexively revealed through producing alternative research outputs, and how do these formats explain and contribute to creating HCI knowledge? 

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Interested participants are invited to upload a short position paper (max 4 pages) with supplementary material.

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[June 8 Update]:: We are accepting more participants until June 19. The minimum requirement is a position paper (max 4 pages). Supplementary material is optional. However, once accepted, submissions with a promotional video will be highlighted at the top of the selected submissions list.

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The position paper can be an ACM Master Article Submission Template or a free-format of written reflection or manifesto that:

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• (i) describes your experience of working on alternative forms of research outcomes (e.g., purpose, forms, inspirations, success/fail stories, strengths and limitations, etc.),

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• (ii) why you are interested in the workshop, and

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• (iii) how your positionality, experience, or background can contribute to the exploration or curation of alternative research outcomes.

For supplementary material, we ask you to create a promotional video (max 5 minutes) that can showcase an alternative research outcome you created or were involved in, described in the position paper. These short videos will be shared via the workshop website with other participants /DIS audience before and during the workshop/conference.

Submissions will be accepted based on quality and interest and will represent a spectrum of practices, materials, backgrounds, and concerns. Submissions may be sent via email to workshop organizers at: minyoung_yoo[at]sfu.ca

Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted position paper must attend the full-day workshop in person or virtually. All workshop participants must register for both the workshop and for at least one day of the ACM DIS conference. Workshop outcomes will be communicated via our website, which will be maintained beyond the workshop itself, as well as through an edited special issue of a journal (e.g., TOCHI, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing) mapping contemporary issues and opportunities for alternative HCI research outcomes.​​