Focusing on cultural design features for an Indigenous website

Reece George; Keith Nesbitt; Michael Donovan; John Maynard

Focusing on cultural design features for an Indigenous website

Reece George, Keith Nesbitt^*, Michael Donovan, John Maynard

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Abstract

This paper reports on part of a user-centred study examining the design of a website for an Indigenous Australian community. It focuses on the capture of culturally relevant design features and describes the outcomes from a focus group undertaken with 12 members of the community stakeholders. Key cultural themes to emerge from the focus group were the need for visually relevant imagery, support for kinship and community, as well as fun, local language and traditional forms of music, dance and oral history. These themes were mapped into design features such as a virtual tour of the building and grounds, video messages from community members, a facility for feedback and interactive games. Many existing guidelines for cultural design were affirmed in the study, including the use of simple language, local imagery and the provision of an interaction style appropriate to the Indigenous group.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Australiasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS 2011
Subtitle of host publication	"Identifying the Information Systems Discipline", Sydney, Australia, 30th November - 2nd December 2011
Editors	P. Seltsikas, D. Bunker, L. Dawson, M. Indulska
Publisher	AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781742102399
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	22nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2011 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Duration: 29 Nov 2011 → 2 Dec 2011

Conference

Conference	22nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2011
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney, NSW
Period	29/11/11 → 2/12/11

Keywords

Culture
Focus Group
Indigenous Website
Localization

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George, R., Nesbitt, K., Donovan, M., & Maynard, J. (2011). Focusing on cultural design features for an Indigenous website. In P. Seltsikas, D. Bunker, L. Dawson, & M. Indulska (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australiasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS 2011: "Identifying the Information Systems Discipline", Sydney, Australia, 30th November - 2nd December 2011 [17] AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2011/17/

George, Reece ; Nesbitt, Keith ; Donovan, Michael et al. / Focusing on cultural design features for an Indigenous website. Proceedings of the Australiasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS 2011: "Identifying the Information Systems Discipline", Sydney, Australia, 30th November - 2nd December 2011. editor / P. Seltsikas ; D. Bunker ; L. Dawson ; M. Indulska. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2011.

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George, R, Nesbitt, K, Donovan, M & Maynard, J 2011, Focusing on cultural design features for an Indigenous website. in P Seltsikas, D Bunker, L Dawson & M Indulska (eds), Proceedings of the Australiasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS 2011: "Identifying the Information Systems Discipline", Sydney, Australia, 30th November - 2nd December 2011., 17, AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 22nd Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2011, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 29/11/11. <https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2011/17/>

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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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George R, Nesbitt K, Donovan M, Maynard J. Focusing on cultural design features for an Indigenous website. In Seltsikas P, Bunker D, Dawson L, Indulska M, editors, Proceedings of the Australiasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS 2011: "Identifying the Information Systems Discipline", Sydney, Australia, 30th November - 2nd December 2011. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). 2011. 17

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