20. WHERE:
Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso)
WHO:
20 locals between 18-40 with basic
familiarity with computer
WHAT:
Teach Internet and explore the impact
on people’s daily lives
FOR HOW LONG:
About 2 months
28. What did we learn from this?
Reveal hidden layer of location-based information,
waiting to be surfaced
Create new set of services, based on the involvement of
local people through a digital layer
Disclose cultural elements:
some people have the role of keeping information,
through oral storytelling
34. Why is this good:
For participants it was a more practical way of learning, and
a chance to generate concepts of services and micro-
businesses that would make sense into their lives.
For us their ideas, were effective ways to gather insights
about the local culture/context.
The information gathered was usually pertinent to the
specific technology introduced and its application there.