A classification of cultural engagements in community technology design: introducing a transcultural approach

Winschiers‐Theophilus, Heike; Zaman, Tariq; Stanley, Colin

doi:10.1007/s00146-017-0739-y

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“…Both models of 'cultural hybridity' [5], 'interculturality' [23], and 'culturally localised user engagement and empowerment' [29] are a means for bringing about a radical change in the conception of culture in worldly spaces. Such a movement, which the provocation identifies, locates culture in the relational praxis of oppression and struggle -as a transgressive option for critically analysing the 'in here' and the 'out there' [30], and also as an adaptive and inward praxis for transcultural engagement [41] and intercultural translations [16].…”

Section: Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The shared differences in culture and context are yet to provide a clear cut and distinctive understanding of 'local', 'global', or 'hybrid' practice [25]. Although a range of cultural lenses have shown how the differentiation and homogenization of culture through multiculturism, cross-culturalism, inter-culturalism can be problematic [15,16,29], others have shown how indigenous paradigms [39,41] can bring about a reflective means for articulating shared values and inspiration for cocreation. However, due to issues of power relations and the crisis of representation, one might begin to identify how the analysis of a multitude of situated practices can be difficult, problematic, and selective.…”

Section: Cultural Lenses Informing Hci4dmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adopting an African Standpoint in HCI4D: A Provocation

Adamu

2020

Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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While studies in HCI4D have been advanced by the shift of perspective from developmental studies to a range of other discourses, current analytical concepts for understanding the sociality of society in Africa have arguably led to some misinterpretations of the place of technology. This provocation suggests that an 'African Standpoint' based on a combination of various standpoint positionalities and the Wittgensteinian approach of Winch can offer conceptual and analytical sensitivities for articulating social relations, transnational engagements and the conceptualisation of technological innovation. This provides an approach for seeing and accounting for things as they are-right here, right there and right now-and not some idealised conception of an African reality.

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Section: Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Cultural Lenses Informing Hci4dmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adopting an African Standpoint in HCI4D: A Provocation

Adamu

2020

Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…A focus is thus emphasized on "narratives" and selfrepresentations that reflect the complexities and dynamic variety of human experience in specific contexts, rather than "visions" and grand narratives from afar. Similarly, Winschiers et al [56] promote a transcultural approach to technology design, one that shifts the focus from deconstructing and comparing cultures to embracing different epistemologies beyond cultural boundaries through a heightened awareness and consciousness of all stakeholders involved. The question for PD is how such theoretical approaches to de-linking and decolonizing can help to shape and articulate PD research methodologies and practices for collaborative knowledge production in and across cultures.…”

Section: Decolonisation and Decolonialitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Scholars argue that culture is an important aspect in design, because designers and the participants from different backgrounds may have different cultural values [23]. Winschiers-Theophilus et al [56] argue that applying different cultural lenses to the design of community-based technologies not only changes processes, but also directs awareness levels, thus developing essentially distinct approaches to cultural interaction. Irani et al [23] endorse postcolonial theory because of its stance on cultural interactions.…”

Section: Postcolonial Perspectives On Designmentioning

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Decolonizing Participatory Design: Memory Making in Namibia

Smith

Winschiers‐Theophilus

Kambunga

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Proceedings of the 16th Participatory Design Conference 2020 - Participation(s) Otherwise - Volume 1

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Participatory Design (PD) approaches seem particularly well suited to contribute to debates over power and decolonization in design, yet often lack considerations of cultural situatedness and underlying ontological entanglements. In this paper we identify theoretical and methodological gaps in PD relating to contemporary discourses of decolonizing design. We integrate perspectives from PD and postcolonial discourse to explore how we can create more far-reaching examples of decolonizing design in practice. We present a study in which young Namibians are at the forefront of knowledge production on postcolonial memories and contribute to discussions of how decolonizing PD practices may be developed through contextualized, transdisciplinary, and transcultural approaches. In particular, we argue there is a need for a "safe space," as well as continuing reflection on methods and de-linking of knowledge and epistemologies within the PD process itself. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Interaction design; Interaction design process and methods; Participatory design.

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“…Designers are often criticised for designing for 'the other' and suppressing different or marginalised epistemologies [56]. In efforts to challenge the inequalities and oppressive structures inherent in much design practice, and empower marginalised communities, decolonial researchers focus on disrupting the systems of domination that are continuously colonising and dehumanizing [3,10,40,54].…”

Section: Design At the Marginsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Participatory Memory Making

Kambunga

Winschiers‐Theophilus

Smith

2020

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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As technologies become pervasive, so does participation in memory making. But in contested environments and discourses, certain voices are rarely included in public memory. In this paper, we explore how everyday postcolonial memories of Namibian youth engaged the wider public into a dialogue revisiting narrative of the past in order to explore alternative futures. Voices of the youth were amplified through an experimental participatory public exhibition leveraging interactive technologies. The exhibition resulted from collaborative memory making with marginalised voices, highlighting the role of youth as agents for change in postcolonial Namibia. Experiences from the exhibition showed how meaningful dialogues and interactions between museum audiences, interactive installations and the youth, created new perspectives on postcolonialism, and how exploring everyday memories and materials from the past may contribute to creating inclusive futures. We conclude that new forms of dialogic engagements are created through 'blurred boundaries' between people, their collective memories and technologies.

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A classification of cultural engagements in community technology design: introducing a transcultural approach

Cited by 53 publications

References 33 publications

Adopting an African Standpoint in HCI4D: A Provocation

Adopting an African Standpoint in HCI4D: A Provocation

Decolonizing Participatory Design: Memory Making in Namibia

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