Culturally situated design tools: Ethnocomputing from field site to classroom

American Anthropologist

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-362

  Eglash, Ron ^a   Bennett, Audrey ^a   O'Donnell, Casey ^a   Jennings, Sybellyn ^b   Cintorino, Margaret ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Russell Sage College   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Computing; Identity; Indigenous Knowledge; Mathematics; Youth subculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744550943     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2006.108.2.347     Document Type: Article

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