Developing a visualized cultural knowledge transfer prototype: An in situ evaluation in Rural Namibia

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2011

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IKTC

Abstract

Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from a loss of valuable cultural knowledge, which has been a foundation for the coming generations’ survival and cultural self-awareness. By transferring cultural knowledge contexts into 3D visualizations, we prototyped and evaluated a system to bridge the gap between elders and urban youth in Namibia. The findings from the field experiment indicate that designers together with rural elders and children can reach a shared design platform by communicating visually.

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Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference (IKTC) (2011 Nov. 2-4 : Windhoek, Namibia)

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IKTC2011 Conference, 2011, Windhoek, Knowledge transfer prototype - Namibia, 3D visualisations - Namibia, Rural user evaluation - Namibia, Visualised cultural knowledge transfer prototype - Namibia, Cultural knowledge transfer prototype - Namibia, Conferences and workshops, Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference, 2011, Windhoek

Citation

Rodil, K., Eskildsen, S., & Rehm, M. (2011). Developing a visualized cultural knowledge transfer prototype: An in situ evaluation in rural Namibia. In N. J. Bidwell, & H. Winscheirs-Theophilus (Eds.), Proceedings of the Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference 2011 (IKTC2011): Embracing Indigenous Knowledge Systems in a New Technology Design Paradigm (pp. 116-117). WIndhoek, Namibia: IKTC2011.