Determining requirements within an indigenous knowledge system of African rural communities

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 332-340

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

^a NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

oral and performed knowledge; requirement elicitation; rural; rural communities; traditional; traditional knowledge; video

Indexed keywords

ORAL AND PERFORMED KNOWLEDGE; REQUIREMENT ELICITATION; RURAL COMMUNITY; TRADITIONAL; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; VIDEO;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ENGINEERS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; RURAL AREAS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84885212670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1899503.1899540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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