Community Consensus: Design Beyond Participation

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July 01 2012 Community Consensus: Design Beyond Participation Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus Heike Winschiers-Theophilus is director and professor in the Schol of Information Technology at the Polytechnic of Namibia. She has lived and lectured in Namibia since 1994. Her research focuses on cross-cultural issues in HCI, cultural appropriation of design and evaluation concepts and methods, representation and retrieval of indigenous knowledge and community-centered design of information systems. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Nicola J. Bidwell, Nicola J. Bidwell Nicola J. Bidwell is a Principal Researcher at CSIR-Meraka and Associate Professor affiliated with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa. Since 2003, she has focused her research, in human-computer-interaction, on designing for rural settings and indigenous knowledge systems in Africa and Australia. To co-generate approaches that are locally accountable and grounded, she has lived rurally for the past few years in an African village. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Edwin Blake Edwin Blake Edwin Blake is a professor in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. His research focus has been on information and Communications Technology for Development, User Experience as applied to Games, Virtual Environments and 3D Graphics as well as social aspects and networking. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Heike Winschiers-Theophilus Heike Winschiers-Theophilus is director and professor in the Schol of Information Technology at the Polytechnic of Namibia. She has lived and lectured in Namibia since 1994. Her research focuses on cross-cultural issues in HCI, cultural appropriation of design and evaluation concepts and methods, representation and retrieval of indigenous knowledge and community-centered design of information systems. Nicola J. Bidwell Nicola J. Bidwell is a Principal Researcher at CSIR-Meraka and Associate Professor affiliated with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa. Since 2003, she has focused her research, in human-computer-interaction, on designing for rural settings and indigenous knowledge systems in Africa and Australia. To co-generate approaches that are locally accountable and grounded, she has lived rurally for the past few years in an African village. Edwin Blake Edwin Blake is a professor in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. His research focus has been on information and Communications Technology for Development, User Experience as applied to Games, Virtual Environments and 3D Graphics as well as social aspects and networking. Online Issn: 1531-4790 Print Issn: 0747-9360 © 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2012 Design Issues (2012) 28 (3): 89–100. https://doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00164 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Nicola J. Bidwell, Edwin Blake; Community Consensus: Design Beyond Participation. Design Issues 2012; 28 (3): 89–100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00164 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsDesign Issues Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2012 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.