Real Virtuality: Creating the next normal with the crutches of technology
Real Virtuality: Creating the next normal with the crutches of technology
We are blaming it on the virus. But it seems, in hindsight, as if we were anticipating this moment in time, when we could be forced to withdraw from other fellow beings. The proof is the technologies and devices we invented. On the surface, they may have seemed to be about more sociability, but it was always harbouring its invisible other, the asociability of it all.
Lydia Akoth (10), a member of Project Elimu, practises dancing on a sofa at home during a ballet lesson via a mobile phone at the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Project Elimu is a non-profit founded by former professional Kenyan dancer Mike Wamaya to provide extracurricular activities to schools within informal settlements, empowering children and teachers