Being participated: a community approach
Proceedings of the 11th Biennial Participatory Design Conference
Pushing personhood into place: Situating media in rural knowledge in Africa
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
A new visualization approach to re-contextualize indigenous knowledge in rural Africa
INTERACT'11 Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part II
Sensible smartphones for Southern Africa
interactions
Enhancing cross-cultural participation through creative visual exploration
Proceedings of the 12th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers - Volume 1
Homestead creator: a tool for indigenous designers
Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design
Design Democratization with Communities: Drawing Toward Locally Meaningful Design
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development
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One design endeavor we pursue in a long-term research and co-design project is the creation of a 3D visualization interface for an indigenous knowledge (IK) management system with rural dwellers of Herero ethnicity in Namibia. Evaluations of earlier prototypes and theories on cultural differences in perception led us to further investigate the suitability of different perspectives of view for the given user group. Through a combination of drawing sessions, design discussions and a high-fidelity technology probe we explored the visual perceptions and preferences of community members; specifically focusing on representation and recognition of objects and places in their everyday environment. We report how the findings from the study have informed design decisions for our particular system while also suggesting that certain viewing angles for 3D visualizations could be more suitable for rural dwellers in general and the collaborating community in specific.