Exploring Respectful Design Directions for Indigenous Communities

Reitsma, Lizette, Wallace, Jayne and Rodgers, Paul (2013) Exploring Respectful Design Directions for Indigenous Communities. In: 2013 International Conference on Culture and Computing. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 131-132. ISBN 978-0-7695-5047-3

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Abstract

Projects focusing on preserving cultural heritage are most usually instigated by a researcher. Yet, the question arises 'whether such projects are beneficial for the studied communities?' This paper describes the first part of a co-reflective, design research case study exploring through design the dynamics of the disappearance of culture heritage. By guidelines for respectful design (synthesized from literature) we sought to find an indigenous community to work with and a design direction beneficial for them. Our initial visits to three indigenous communities in Malaysia, where we developed and introduced empathic design probes, led to the Penan community becoming particularly interested in the project. A design direction arose, which aimed to explore technological design as a means to spark intergenerational conversations on being a Penan.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Empathic design probes, indigenous communities, Penan, respectful design
Subjects:	W200 Design studies
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Design
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	01 May 2014 09:06
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 11:45
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/16243

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