Imagine.Namibia—A Human-Centred Approach to Enterprise Education

Clara Watkins; Joseph Venables; Judith Hall; Steve Gill; Dipanka Boruah

doi:10.1007/978-981-96-7308-7_5

Imagine.Namibia—A Human-Centred Approach to Enterprise Education

Clara Watkins^*
, Joseph Venables
, Judith Hall
, Steve Gill
, Dipanka Boruah

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This paper presents the benefits of adopting a human-centred approach to tackling wicked problems, specifically youth unemployment and enterprise education for Namibia. The authors present the findings of a two-week field study conducted by an international team of designers and educators from the UK and Namibia. The paper describes the process followed and insights gained from a design project within the socioeconomic context of a country with one of the world's highest Gini coefficient and Palma ratio in the world.

Iaith wreiddiol	Saesneg
Teitl	Responsible and Resilient Design for Society, Volume 10 - Proceedings of ICoRD 2025
Golygyddion	Amaresh Chakrabarti, Vishal Singh, Prasad S. Onkar, Mohammad Shahid
Cyhoeddwr	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Tudalennau	47-58
Nifer y tudalennau	12
ISBN (Argraffiad)	9789819673070
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-7308-7_5
Statws	Cyhoeddwyd - 7 Tach 2025
Digwyddiad	10th International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD 2025 - Hyderabad, India Hyd: 8 Ion 2025 → 10 Ion 2025

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Enw	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Argraffiad)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronig)	2195-4364

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Cynhadledd	10th International Conference on Research into Design, ICoRD 2025
Gwlad/Tiriogaeth	India
Dinas	Hyderabad
Cyfnod	8/01/25 → 10/01/25

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10.1007/978-981-96-7308-7_5

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Watkins, C., Venables, J., Hall, J., Gill, S., & Boruah, D. (2025). Imagine.Namibia—A Human-Centred Approach to Enterprise Education. Yn A. Chakrabarti, V. Singh, P. S. Onkar, & M. Shahid (Gol.), Responsible and Resilient Design for Society, Volume 10 - Proceedings of ICoRD 2025 (tt. 47-58). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-7308-7_5

Watkins, Clara ; Venables, Joseph ; Hall, Judith et al. / Imagine.Namibia—A Human-Centred Approach to Enterprise Education. Responsible and Resilient Design for Society, Volume 10 - Proceedings of ICoRD 2025. Gol. / Amaresh Chakrabarti ; Vishal Singh ; Prasad S. Onkar ; Mohammad Shahid. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. tt. 47-58 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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