At the Intersection of Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Technology Design
Author: Nicola Bidwell
Publisher: Informing Science
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1932886990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere 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.