Designing human centered technologies for the developing world: HCI but not as we know it

The East Africa Participatory Design Conference (PDC) place seeks to catalyse engagement and learning between global PDC communities and East Africa. While there has been significant work in participatory design in Africa, much of it remains invisible ...

Designers and HCI researchers from industry and academia have been exploring the opportunities that emerge from incorporating behavioral data into the design process. For this, designers employ and combine data from multiple sources, multiple scales, ...

The meaningful application of Participatory Design (PD) in African communities requires a thoughtful reevaluation of its approaches. In efforts to adapt it to this different context, PD researchers and practitioners face several challenges, including ...