Techno Village

Type of the project: Youth Exchange
Duration of the project activities: 5 days +2 travel days (July 2016)
Age level of the participants: 18-30, Leader: No age limit
Number of the participants: 10 +2 per country
Location: Host country

Technology, and most especially, computers and the Internet, seem to be at best easily overused/abused, and at worst, addictive.
The Internet and other digital technologies are only the latest in a series of “improvements” to our world which may have unintended negative effects. The games that adolescents and young people used to play in the play grounds and on the streets have been replaced in recent years with cyber games played in front of the computer on the internet or in game arcades. This changing culture has particularly brought up the concept of “digital game addiction”, a condition that stems from the steadily growing passion for digital games and their excessived and uncontrolled usage among adolescents and young people.
All modes of communication involve an attempt to make a connection with other human beings. Any modality of communication, including the Internet, involves creating an analog of real-time human experience in interpersonal relations. However, many times the technology seems to intrude, distract or otherwise detract from the general communicational experience. In the case of connecting to other human being in any context, more may actually be less and certainly with less depth and quality. It seems probable, given the obvious attraction and popularity of the Internet, that there are unique psychosocial factors that contribute to the Internet’s power, which clearly have strong interpersonal themes.