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

Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike and Jensen, Kasper and Rodil, Kasper (2012) Locally Situated Digital Representation of Indigenous Knowledge. Co-constructing a new digital reality in rural Africa. In: Proceedings Cultural Attitudes Towards Communication and Technology 2012. Murdoch University, Murdoch, pp. 454-468.

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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 codesign 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.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	Cultural Attitudes Towards Communication and Technology, Proceedings > CATaC Conference 2012
Depositing User:	Sissi Kemp
Date Deposited:	24 Oct 2012 10:53
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2012 10:53
URI:	http://sammelpunkt.philo.at/id/eprint/2176

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