Design that Matters Field Journal

Meeting with Point Sud

BACKGROUND: Started in 1990. Two programs: 1) Training Program that promotes higher education for Malian students (Master's/PhD) and study abroad; and 2) Organizes biennial international conferences (mostly with Europe), facilitates collaboration with foreign universities. Research areas focus on local challenges, and include agronomy, maternal & infant nutrition research, anthropology (focusing specifically on migration patterns), and decentralization. Bridges technical and social areas of expertise.

TIME: 10:00 AM, Jul 24
CONTACT: Dr. Moussa Sissoko (Codirector)

NOTES:
Future Partnership

• Would like to put course records onto Kinkajou for reference


• Saw Point Sud as facilitator to deploy Kinkajou to local market


• Research project on how well Kinkajou works in a classroom


• Seemed excited at the opportunity to collaborate

Potential Uses

• 3 possible uses: Personal reader, projector for schools, portable library (legal text for rural judges; pharmaceutical)

OUR COMMENTS:

• Environmental hazards of Microfilm


• Need to get a patent