Being participated - A community approach

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-10

  Winschiers Theophilus, Heike ^a   Chivuno Kuria, Shilumbe ^a   Kapuire, Gereon Koch ^a   Bidwell, Nicola J ^b   Blake, Edwin ^c  

^a NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

^b Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African context; Community participation; Rural interaction design

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CONTEXT; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COMMUNITY PROJECT; DESIGN EXPERIENCE; INTERACTION DESIGN; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; RURAL COMMUNITY; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

DESIGN;

EID: 79951622261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1900441.1900443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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