1. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa course System design for sustainability learning resource: Out of Africa: a sampler contributor: Mugendi M’Rithaa Cape Peninsula University of Technology / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Department of Industrial Design / South Africa LeNS, the Learning Network on Sustainability: Asian-European multi-polar network for curricula development on Design for Sustainability focused on product service system innovation. Funded by the Asia-Link Programme, EuroAid, European Commission.
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11. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa AFRICAN RITUAL Performance and Ritual are the two important concepts with African Art Both imply ACTIVE involvement and the use of Art within the context of the live , real setting To understand you must EXPERIENCE African art and not just see it as a viewer – THIS CONCEPT ( Experience versus Sight ) highlights a major difference between African and Western Art Take into account: Motion Sound and scent Engagement of audience and bystanders Colour Rhythm and tempo Heat and energy The religious, ritual & social significance of the performance
12. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa AFRICAN ARTS & CRAFTS TRADITIONS
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21. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa FOOD: PURE vs ECCLECTIC
22. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa BARK CLOTH: HARVESTING
23. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa BARK CLOTH: PROCESSING
24. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa BARK CLOTH: REJUVENATING
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33. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa traditional highly localized society de-localized global society THE ‘LEAPFROG’ HYPOTHESIS : the shift towards an advanced multi-local society in the not-yet (fully) industrialized societies – Ezio Manzini advanced multi-local society 1 2 3
34. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa industria l information design agriculture subsistence AFRICA CAN INDEED LEAPFROG ! AFRICA
35. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa ECONOMIC DUALISM HIGH TECHNOLOGY PRIVILEGED SECTOR GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNDING URBAN/AFFLUENT MAINSTREAM ECONOMY LOW TECHNOLOGY DISADVANTAGED SECTOR NO INFRASTRUCTURE NO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER NO FUNDING RURAL/TOWNSHIP MARGINALISED ECONOMY ‘ FIRST’ ECONOMY ‘ SECOND’ ECONOMY INDUSTRIAL / TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS PROJECTS (after G. Mametja)
36. THE INFORMAL SECTOR Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa
37. Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa AN INTEGRATED MODEL IN FORMAL ECONOMY INDUSTRIAL/TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS PROJECTS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY INTERCONNECTED SECTORS IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SUSTAINED FUNDING URBAN/PERI-URBAN/RURAL INTEGRATED ECONOMY DYNAMISM CREATIVITY ROBUSTNESS PROSPERITY RESILIENCE
38. WOMEN: THE SOUL OF THE COMMUNITY Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa
39. CHILDREN: THE HOPE OF THE COMMUNITY Mugendi M’Rithaa CPUT / Faculty of Informatics & Design / Dept of Industrial Design / South Africa
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