Locally Situated Digital Representation of Indigenous Knowledge: Co-constructing a new digital reality in rural Africa

Heike Winschiers-Theophilus; Kasper Løvborg Jensen; Kasper Rodil

Locally Situated Digital Representation of Indigenous Knowledge: Co-constructing a new digital reality in rural Africa

Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Kasper Løvborg Jensen, Kasper Rodil

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/konference proceeding › Konferenceartikel i proceeding › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Digital re-presentation of indigenous knowledge remains an absurdity as long as we fail to deconstruct the prevalent design paradigm and techniques continuously re-framing technology within a western epistemology. This paper discusses key challenges in attempts of co-constructing a digital representation based on experiences from a longitudinal community-centred research project in rural Africa. In a quest to shape design from a locally situated viewpoint, we co-design a 3D visualization of an African village with its inhabitants. Prior invisible local perspectives, as well as dominant designer’s views are brought to light within the design interactions. A new digital reality is created at the periphery of the situated knowledge through continuous negotiations and joint meaning making.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication 2012 : Beyond the digital/cultural divide: in/visibility and new media
Redaktører	Michele Strano, Herbert Hrachovec, Fay Sudweeks, Charles Ess
Antal sider	15
Udgivelsessted	School of Information Technology Murdoch University, Murdoch WA 6150 Australia, www.catacconference.org
Forlag	School of Information Technology Murdoch University
Publikationsdato	18 jun. 2012
Sider	454-469
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-1-921877-02-5
Status	Udgivet - 18 jun. 2012
Begivenhed	Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication: Beyond the digital/cultural divide: in/visibility and new media - Aarhus University, Aarhus, Danmark Varighed: 18 jun. 2012 → 20 jun. 2012

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Konference	Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication
Lokation	Aarhus University
Land/Område	Danmark
By	Aarhus
Periode	18/06/2012 → 20/06/2012

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Winschiers-Theophilus, H., Jensen, K. L., & Rodil, K. (2012). Locally Situated Digital Representation of Indigenous Knowledge: Co-constructing a new digital reality in rural Africa. I M. Strano, H. Hrachovec, F. Sudweeks, & C. Ess (red.), Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication 2012: Beyond the digital/cultural divide: in/visibility and new media (s. 454-469). School of Information Technology Murdoch University. http://blogs.ubc.ca/catac/proceedings/proceedings-2012/

Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike ; Jensen, Kasper Løvborg ; Rodil, Kasper. / Locally Situated Digital Representation of Indigenous Knowledge : Co-constructing a new digital reality in rural Africa. Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication 2012: Beyond the digital/cultural divide: in/visibility and new media . red. / Michele Strano ; Herbert Hrachovec ; Fay Sudweeks ; Charles Ess. School of Information Technology Murdoch University, Murdoch WA 6150 Australia, www.catacconference.org : School of Information Technology Murdoch University, 2012. s. 454-469

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Locally Situated Digital Representation of Indigenous Knowledge: Co-constructing a new digital reality in rural Africa. / Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike; Jensen, Kasper Løvborg; Rodil, Kasper.
Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication 2012: Beyond the digital/cultural divide: in/visibility and new media . red. / Michele Strano; Herbert Hrachovec; Fay Sudweeks; Charles Ess. School of Information Technology Murdoch University, Murdoch WA 6150 Australia, www.catacconference.org: School of Information Technology Murdoch University, 2012. s. 454-469.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/konference proceeding › Konferenceartikel i proceeding › Forskning › peer review

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Locally Situated Digital Representation of Indigenous Knowledge: Co-constructing a new digital reality in rural Africa

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