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Dynamic Culture-Centered Design for User Empowerment, with Applications to Techno-Culture in Ghana

Prempeh, James Agyeman
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1315947637

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2011, Master of Technical and Scientific Communication, Miami University, English.
This paper explores why and how dynamic approaches to Culture-Centered Design can help designers conceive of, and develop, technologies effective at empowering users in specific cultural contexts. In the context of developments in the objective and theories of Culture-Centered Design, I explicate dynamic approaches as those that recognize the dynamic nature of cultural context, the socio-cultural meaning of technologies, and user activity with technology. To illustrate their relevance, these approaches are then applied to the techno-culture of Ghana—as representative of technology challenges and opportunities in Africa—to generate ideas regarding how Ghanaians could be better empowered with effective information technologies.
Huatong Sun, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
James Coyle, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Jean Lutz, PhD (Committee Member)
50 p.
Cultural Anthropology; Design; Information Technology; Technical Communication; Technology
Culture-Centered Design; Cross-Cultural Design; Internationalization; Ghana; Africa; Information Technology; Usability

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  • Prempeh, J. A. (2011). Dynamic Culture-Centered Design for User Empowerment, with Applications to Techno-Culture in Ghana [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1315947637

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Prempeh, James. Dynamic Culture-Centered Design for User Empowerment, with Applications to Techno-Culture in Ghana. 2011. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1315947637.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Prempeh, James. "Dynamic Culture-Centered Design for User Empowerment, with Applications to Techno-Culture in Ghana." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1315947637

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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