Communities Real and Imagined: Designing a Communication System for Zimbabwean Activists

C and T 2009 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

Volumn 2009-January, Issue , 2009, Pages 71-76

  Hirsch, Tad ^a  

^a INTEL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Community; Design; Mobile Phones; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

ACTIVISM; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY; DESIGN-PROCESS; DIAL-UP; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; PHONE-BASED; ZIMBABWE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

EID: 84862076574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1556460.1556472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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