Empowering marginalised children in developing countries through participatory design processes

CoDesign

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-117

  Hussain, Sofia ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children; Developing countries; Participatory design; Psychological empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952875934     PISSN: 15710882     EISSN: 17453755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15710882.2010.499467     Document Type: Article

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