Situated interactions between audiovisual media and African herbal lore

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 609-627

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

^a CSIR MERAKA INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Cultural logic; Indigenous knowledge systems; Narrative; Orality; Rural; Storytelling; Traditional medicine; Video

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LOGIC; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS; NARRATIVE; ORALITY; STORYTELLING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIDEO;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DESIGN; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; ONTOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

EID: 80054981894     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00779-010-0337-1     Document Type: Article

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