Dilemmas arise in designing digital systems that enable rural dwellers to create, store and share digital content about their connections with their land because the design and use if technologies manifests the priorities and assumptions of particular knowledge systems. This chapter focuses on the rural people of the Herero tribe, in southern Africa, and how to enable them to extend their local knowledge practices digitally.
Reference:
Bidwell, N.J and Winschiers-Theophilus, H. 2012. Extending connections between land and people digitally: designing with rural Herero communities in Namibia. In: Heritage and Social Media: Understanding Heritage in Participatory Culture. Routledge publishing: New York, USA
Bidwell, N., & Winschiers-Theophilus, H. (2012). Extending connections between land and people digitally: Designing with rural Herero communities in Namibia., Workflow;10297 Routledge. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6681
Bidwell, NJ, and H Winschiers-Theophilus. "Extending connections between land and people digitally: designing with rural Herero communities in Namibia" In WORKFLOW;10297, n.p.: Routledge. 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6681.
Bidwell N, Winschiers-Theophilus H. Extending connections between land and people digitally: designing with rural Herero communities in Namibia.. Workflow;10297. [place unknown]: Routledge; 2012. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6681.
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