eCulture: what’s that?
I recently participated at the 6th Forum on eCulture in Lausanne, Switzerland, an event organised by the foundation Ynternet.org.
The term “eCulture” is still up for discussion – somehow, at least in North America, it is a term that creates more confusion than anything else. No, it is not about visual art and dance in the web, but rather individual and collective behaviors and practices in the online world. eCulture relates to netiquette, online communication, as well as the free and open software movement, cooperation etc. There is perhaps also a link to the idea that cyberspace was founded on ethical, individually enlightened and public good principles (see A Declaration for the Independence of Cyberspace).
At the event, there was a launch of a great little video, Digital natives, that communicates very clearly how much the online world is part of the daily reality of the next generation, and that our institutions and organisations have an interest and a responsibility to be there in that space and accompany this generation in a responsible way.
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