The Chronicles of Kunene: The Lion, the Omuhimba and the Drone

Chris Muashekele; Heike Winschiers-Theophilus; Kasper Rodil; Colin Stanley; Hina MuAshekele

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12825-7_9

The Chronicles of Kunene: The Lion, the Omuhimba and the Drone

Chris Muashekele^*, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Kasper Rodil, Colin Stanley, Hina MuAshekele

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Abstract

Many technology projects are driven by (hidden) agendas which prioritize the one or the other stakeholder or the technology itself, thereby creating tensions and compromising important perspectives. In the field of digital conservation and wildlife management, the focus has often been on safeguarding wildlife (the lion), not incorporating socio-economic factors of communities (the Omuhimba), by exploiting technologies concerned with wildlife data collection only (the drone). Concerned with reconciling heterogeneous perspectives the authors present the development and conceptualisation of an integrated wildlife monitoring system in Southern Africa. The authors postulate that a community-based co-design approach, grounded in the Ubuntu philosophy, leads to novel and innovative technology designs embracing ecocentrism.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Innovation Practices for Digital Transformation in the Global South : IFIP WG 13.8, 9.4, Invited Selection
Editors	José Abdelnour-Nocera, Elisha Ondieki Makori, Jose Antonio Robles-Flores, Constance Bitso
Number of pages	16
Publisher	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date	Aug 2022
Edition	1
Pages	149-164
Chapter	9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-12824-0
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-12825-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12825-7_9
Publication status	Published - Aug 2022

Series	I F I P Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	645
ISSN	1571-5736

Keywords

Innovation
Global south
Technology
Communities
Wildlife
community-based co-design
Innovation practices
Rural communities
Conservation technologies
African indigenous knowledge system
Southern Africa
Community-based co-design
Human-wildlife conflict
Chronicles of kunene
Digital platform

UN SDGs

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Muashekele, C., Winschiers-Theophilus, H., Rodil, K., Stanley, C., & MuAshekele, H. (2022). The Chronicles of Kunene: The Lion, the Omuhimba and the Drone. In J. Abdelnour-Nocera, E. Ondieki Makori, J. A. Robles-Flores, & C. Bitso (Eds.), Innovation Practices for Digital Transformation in the Global South: IFIP WG 13.8, 9.4, Invited Selection (1 ed., pp. 149-164). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12825-7_9

Muashekele, Chris ; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike ; Rodil, Kasper et al. / The Chronicles of Kunene : The Lion, the Omuhimba and the Drone. Innovation Practices for Digital Transformation in the Global South: IFIP WG 13.8, 9.4, Invited Selection. editor / José Abdelnour-Nocera ; Elisha Ondieki Makori ; Jose Antonio Robles-Flores ; Constance Bitso. 1. ed. Springer Publishing Company, 2022. pp. 149-164 (I F I P Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Vol. 645).

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The Chronicles of Kunene: The Lion, the Omuhimba and the Drone. / Muashekele, Chris; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike; Rodil, Kasper et al.
Innovation Practices for Digital Transformation in the Global South: IFIP WG 13.8, 9.4, Invited Selection. ed. / José Abdelnour-Nocera; Elisha Ondieki Makori; Jose Antonio Robles-Flores; Constance Bitso. 1. ed. Springer Publishing Company, 2022. p. 149-164 (I F I P Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Vol. 645).

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