Using Digital Technology to Access
And Store African Art
Gary Marsden, Katherine Malan & Edwin Blake
Collaborative Visual Computing Group,
Department of Computer Science,
University of Cape Town
+27 21 650 2666
[gaz|kath|edwin]@cs.uct.ac.za

ABSTRACT
In this paper, we describe the challenges in creating, and providing access to, a database of African cultural artifacts. The submission is targeted at the section 2 in the
consortium – how HCI research is being used to support the African Renaissance.
Keywords
Culture preservation, mobile interaction, dynamic queries.