Lecturer in Informatics. He collaborates with indigenous communities in adapting technologies in an effort to preserve Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Heritage.

Dr. Sebastian Mukumbira

Participatory GIS Systems and Mapping

Lecturer : Informatics, Namibia University of Science and Technology

: 0000-0002-0432-0648

Qualification

BSc (Hons), Applied Physics, National University of Science and Technology

B.Tech Hons., Computer Networking, Polytechnic of Namibia

BSc, Computer Science, Software Development, Namibia University of Science and Technology

MSc, Information Technology, Namibia University of Science and Technology

PhD, Computer Science, Namibia University of Science and Technology

Research Interest: Computer Science, GIS

Publications:
Chitakunye Rumbidzai , Winschiers-Theophilus Heike , De Cauwer Vera , Mukumbira Sebastian. 2023. Developing an ethnobotanical application with and for Ovahimba communities. In Proceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference (AfriCHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 170–179. https://doi.org/10.1145/3628096.3629053

Mukumbira Sebastian , Winschiers-Theophilus Heike , Muashekele Chris , Chitakunye Rumbidzai , Wandai Peter , De Cauwer Vera . 2021. Conservation tool design caught in the midst of transdisciplinary negotiations of data accuracy. In Proceedings of the 3rd African Human-Computer Interaction Conference: Inclusiveness and Empowerment (AfriCHI '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 22–32. https://doi.org/10.1145/3448696.3448699

Winschiers-Theophilus Heike , Fendler Jens , Stanley Colin , Joubert Dave , Zimmermann Ibo , Mukumbira Sebastian.2008. A bush encroachment decision support system's metamorphosis. In Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Designing for Habitus and Habitat (OZCHI '08). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 287–290. https://doi.org/10.1145/1517744.1517782