Designing an SMS-based application for seaweed farmers in Zanzibar (and why it failed for now)

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INTERACT 2009 Workshop: Ethics, Roles & Relationships in Interaction Design in Developing Regions Designing an SMS-based application for seaweed farmers in Zanzibar (and why it failed for now) Martin Konzett, [email protected] Research Group for Industrial Software (INSO), Vienna University of Technology, Austria Martin Tomitsch, [email protected] Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Australia Thomas Grechenig, [email protected] Research Group for Industrial Software (INSO), Vienna University of Technology, Austria

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INTERACT 2009 Workshop: Ethics, Roles & Relationships in Interaction Design in Developing Regions

Designing an SMS-based application for seaweed farmers in Zanzibar

(and why it failed for now)

Martin Konzett, [email protected] Research Group for Industrial Software (INSO), Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Martin Tomitsch, [email protected] of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Australia

Thomas Grechenig, [email protected] Research Group for Industrial Software (INSO), Vienna University of Technology, Austria

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Business

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Culture

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Technology

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Politics

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