I am a digital native, I was born in the technology era. I managed my first computer when I was around ten years old, and my first phone not much later than that. As such, I belong to that generation of digital literates who are accustomed to being constantly engaged with devices, communication and technology. This phenomena is exponentially growing to the extent that society has to deal with issues that were unthinkable a decade ago. The creation of subjectivity through social media is for example one of the problems that this modern hyper-device driven society has to face.
In my experience today with devices and connectivity I find that the most scary of all backdrops of the WWW is that as one of the platforms with the highest potential of containing spaces for democratic and equal grounds, we face an increasingly top down, enterprise-profit driven, marketised space where people are once again left powerless. I believe that this project can be useful to center and highlight these issues. Alongside creating the opportunity for a digital detox, we need to look for what the digitalized future will look like. One where people are automatons, where their subjectivity is jeopardised by the social media or one where they have the possibility of regaining a center role in the process of decision making?
In accordance with the group manifesto I will aim to reduce to zero the use of devices and connectivity during the pre-established week. However, since I have a long distance relationship, I will leave a space of maybe one to two hours every day where I can either skype or use the phone to call. That is unless the week that we decide will be when I am in Rome, in that case I will not need to do so.
I am looking forward to seeing the results of our DETOX WEEK in order to being able to work towards the final event which I would also see as a space to talk about the issues I mentioned in this manifesto.
GOOD LUCK TO US :)!
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