Altering participation through interactions and reflections in design

CoDesign

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 163-182

  Winschiers Theophilus, Heike ^a   Bidwell, Nicola J ^b   Blake, Edwin ^c  

^a NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

action research; African context; community participation; community based; cross cultural design; dialogical methods; indigenous knowledge; local appropriation; rural interaction design; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861647959     PISSN: 15710882     EISSN: 17453755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15710882.2012.672580     Document Type: Article

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