Designing digital storytelling for rural African communities

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dc.contributor.advisorMarsden, Garyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorReitmaier, Thomas Oliveren_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-05T18:58:35Z
dc.date.available2015-01-05T18:58:35Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis situates digital storytelling in rural African communities to enable rural people to record and share their stories and to express their imaginations digitally. We explore the role of design and the methods and perspectives designers need to take on to design across cultures and to understand the forms and meanings behind rural African interpretations of digital storytelling. By integrating ethnographic insights with previous experiences of designing these kinds of systems, we implement a method using cell-phones to localize storytelling and involve rural users in design activities– probing ways to incorporate visual and audio media in storytelling. Our mobile digital storytelling system proved to be useable and useful, also allowing users to form their own interpretations of digital storytelling and (re)appropriate our system to alternative ends.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationReitmaier, T. O. (2011). <i>Designing digital storytelling for rural African communities</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11508en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationReitmaier, Thomas Oliver. <i>"Designing digital storytelling for rural African communities."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11508en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationReitmaier, T. 2011. Designing digital storytelling for rural African communities. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Reitmaier, Thomas Oliver AB - This thesis situates digital storytelling in rural African communities to enable rural people to record and share their stories and to express their imaginations digitally. We explore the role of design and the methods and perspectives designers need to take on to design across cultures and to understand the forms and meanings behind rural African interpretations of digital storytelling. By integrating ethnographic insights with previous experiences of designing these kinds of systems, we implement a method using cell-phones to localize storytelling and involve rural users in design activities– probing ways to incorporate visual and audio media in storytelling. Our mobile digital storytelling system proved to be useable and useful, also allowing users to form their own interpretations of digital storytelling and (re)appropriate our system to alternative ends. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Designing digital storytelling for rural African communities TI - Designing digital storytelling for rural African communities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11508 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11508
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationReitmaier TO. Designing digital storytelling for rural African communities. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11508en_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.subject.otherComputer Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleDesigning digital storytelling for rural African communitiesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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