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EPSRC Reference: GR/L56732/01
Title: THE STUDY OF SOFTWARE,ITS USE AND TEACHING, IN NON-WESTERN SOCIETIES,NEPAL AS A CASE STUDY
Principal Investigator: Hall, Professor P
Other Investigators:
Petre, Professor M
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Department: Computing
Organisation: The Open University
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 July 1997 Ends: 30 June 1998 Value (£): 11,462
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Human-Computer Interactions
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This project will build on a wide experience of software used in non-English settings. The Principal Investigator, Professor Pat Hall, will spend his sabbatical leave in Nepal undertaking a small level of lecturing in Kathmandu University as a vehicle for participant observation of the approach to software by indigenous Nepali. Collaterally with this he will visit and follow a number of applications of computers, selecting projects as widely across the varied cultures represented in Nepal as possible.
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