Can't Touch This? Is This Touch? It's So Fluffy I'm Gonna Die! -- Material and Tangible Research Methods in HCI

Abstract

Materials are multifunctional resources that can serve as data, method, process, and outcomes of HCI projects. In this full-day in-person workshop, we invite participants to reflect on materials and tangible artefacts, how we use them in our practice, what they mean to us, what we dream of. Our goal is to support aesthetic expression and material sensitivity, and cement the importance of tangibility in our field. Together, we will co-create a Zine that will be published physically during the conference, and made available digitally after.