At the Intersection of Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Technology Design - Softcover

Bidwell, Nicola J.; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike

9781932886993: At the Intersection of Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Technology Design

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932886990 ISBN 13: 9781932886993

Publisher: Informing Science Press, 2015

There is intensified interest in designing information and communication technologies (ICTs) that respond to ways of doing, knowing, and saying that differ from those that dominate in producing ICTs and, in particular, to ‘traditional’ or ‘indigenous’ knowledges. ICT endeavours for indigenous or traditional knowledges (ITK) vary. Some aim to extend ITK digitally and others use ICTs to improve the economic and/or political situation of marginalised groups. This book presents themes that arise in designing to respond to ITK in different cultural, social, physical, and historical contexts.

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