To have a more clear picture of the stakeholders of my project, I decided to create personas. I made one for women, one for men and one for children. I'm hoping that I can revise these personas after visiting Tanzania and getting firsthand experience talking and interacting with the Maasai. But for now, these personas are …
After organizing my research a bit and discussing with Steve, I realized that the problem I was looking at (waste repurposing) has uses and benefits beyond just sanitation and waste. The idea that I'm currently exploring for my project is focused on a household method of turning waste into charcoal. Upon discussing with Steve, I …
Following our group Skype call with Virginia, I had a few more questions regarding specifically about waste and sanitation. So I sent a follow up email to better understand the social and cultural context of waste and sanitation in Longido and specifically among the Maasai community. Here are some of the questions and answers from …
Human waste can contain pathogens and harbour bacteria that can infect humans with diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and diarrhea among others. But human excreta also contains valuable nutrients that can be used as fertilizer. The question is, how do we treat human waste in an affordable and efficient way so that it is safe …
If you Google search Tanzania news today (September 27, 2018) the headlines will be the President of the country is promoting that the population need to grow thus the people need to start growing their family. This inspire to explored more on the health practice of Tanzania concentrated on pregnancies and women health. The lack …
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With resource scarcity being a big problem in many developing countries, it is important to be able to reduce our use of new resources and to repurpose whatever resources we currently have. Humans produce waste every day and here lies the potential to convert that waste into something that can be used for good. Converting …
In developing countries, there is often a heavy emphasis on water access. Sanitation and waste management are often considered of lesser priority, because if there is no access to water to drink or wash with, how can we develop sanitation systems and products? In Schiller and Droste's Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries, they argue …
After narrowing down our focuses a little bit more (I'm deciding to concentrate on sanitation and waste management), our class had the opportunity to sketch out our research to get a different perspective on our findings. Translating readings into sketches puts a different perspective on the research I did, allowing me to explore different considerations …
To narrow down our research areas and help us decide on design directions, we split into subgroups to tackle different topics. Sam and I worked on waste and sanitation. We used two position maps to better understand the types of wastes being produced and the bodies producing waste. First we did a user position map, …
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