Indigenous African artefacts: Can they serve as tangible programming objects?

2010 IST-Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Smith, Andrew Cyrus ^a   Kotzé, Paula ^b  

^a CSIR MERAKA INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African artefacts; Computer interaction; Interaction design; Tangible programming

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN ARTEFACTS; COMPUTER INTERACTION; COMPUTING SYSTEM; DEVELOPING REGIONS; INTERACTION DESIGN; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; TANGIBLE INTERFACES; TANGIBLE PROGRAMMING;

EID: 79956099302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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