"Co-designing digital information-seeking activities with and for the small-scale farmers of the Siyakhana Initiative" was a research project undertaken in partial fulfilment of the requirements of an research MA Design (Multimedia) at the University of Johannesburg by Tasmin Jade Donaldson, supervised by Terence Fenn and co-supervised by myself. Information is paramount to empowering people and communities, laying the foundations for “equality, sustainability and prosperity” as a critical driver of progress (Garrido & Wyber 2017:7). The internet plays an integral role in creating new possibilities to find, share, use and apply information, as well as inviting “users to develop and share their expertise”. While only half of the world’s population have access to devices, let alone online services, the need to foster the growth of an information-empowered society is more significant than it has ever been (Garrido & Wyber 2017:7). Accordingly, access to meaningful information describes how ‘information’, an intangible resource, ... Read More