An explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero community

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dc.contributor.advisorWinschiers-Theophilus, Heikeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKapuire, Gereon Kochen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-20T19:41:59Z
dc.date.available2014-08-20T19:41:59Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIndigenous Knowledge Management Systems are being developed in order to preserve, process and retrieve knowledge. Unfortunately, most of the systems available do not take into account the different cultural ways of organising and sharing indigenous knowledge. Current technology trends and developments have hardly been informed by African indigenous and rural knowledge systems. Either substantial modifications are necessary in adapting technology to the requirements of indigenous knowledge systems, or those systems are inadequately represented through technologies. This dissertation explores different options for organising video recorded indigenous knowledge, in the pursuit of maintaining local communication patterns and practices. Furthermore, methodological perspectives on the challenges and aims of designing products suited to rural practices and conceptualisations in Southern Africa will be explored. We pursue an explorative study following and action research approach. The evolutionary design of our indigenous knowledge management system is informed by a series of interactions, reflections, discussions and prototype evaluations with a pilot community in Eastern Namibia. We have extracted themes out of the discussions and interactions to inform our design and the development of a digital knowledge organisation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKapuire, G. K. (2013). <i>An explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero community</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6643en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKapuire, Gereon Koch. <i>"An explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero community."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6643en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKapuire, G. 2013. An explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero community. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kapuire, Gereon Koch AB - Indigenous Knowledge Management Systems are being developed in order to preserve, process and retrieve knowledge. Unfortunately, most of the systems available do not take into account the different cultural ways of organising and sharing indigenous knowledge. Current technology trends and developments have hardly been informed by African indigenous and rural knowledge systems. Either substantial modifications are necessary in adapting technology to the requirements of indigenous knowledge systems, or those systems are inadequately represented through technologies. This dissertation explores different options for organising video recorded indigenous knowledge, in the pursuit of maintaining local communication patterns and practices. Furthermore, methodological perspectives on the challenges and aims of designing products suited to rural practices and conceptualisations in Southern Africa will be explored. We pursue an explorative study following and action research approach. The evolutionary design of our indigenous knowledge management system is informed by a series of interactions, reflections, discussions and prototype evaluations with a pilot community in Eastern Namibia. We have extracted themes out of the discussions and interactions to inform our design and the development of a digital knowledge organisation. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - An explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero community TI - An explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero community UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6643 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKapuire GK. An explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero community. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6643en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleAn explorative action research study toward the design of a digital knowledge organisation as part of an indigenous knowledge management system with a Herero communityen_ZA
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