Co-Design as a Means of Fostering Appropriation of Conservation Monitoring Technology by Indigenous Communities
Chris Muashekele, Heike Winschiers‐Theophilus, Gereon Koch Kapuire · 2019
A threat to indigenous communities living in north-west Namibia has been the growing human wildlife conflict. Established practices of patrolling and incident reporting have not yielded in mitigations. An evaluation of current conservation management tools, such as the Event Book, has shown that its users have not fully comprehended its use nor meaning nor appropriated the tool. We postulate that through co-design with the indigenous target communities we support the appropriation of the Event Book, creating a meaningful interaction.