| Culturally Situated Design Tools
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Bridging the “digital divide” often means that the technology-rich side brings gadgets to the technology-poor side. This can have the unfortunate side-effect of making local knowledge and expertise invisible and devalued. Culturally Situated Design Tools can use computer simulations of cultural practices (such as cornrow hair styling, urban graffiti, beadwork, breakdance, and Latino drumming) to "translate" from local knowledge to their high-tech counterparts in math, computing, and other domains. |
Written by Ron Eglash. Licence: cc-by-sa.
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