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#Fantasy of Basque digital culture
Diana Franco Eguren 2023ko abenduaren 05

At the Durango Fair, like every year, we will find the space Kabi@ digitala. Spaces are a direct and effective opportunity to understand the work that creators do. But why approach Kabi@ra? On many occasions, the categories of sound, literature, audiovisual, play... may have support or digital media, but for the creator this variable has no other importance. For the creators presented at Kabi@n, however, the digital realm is not only a means, but is a material creation in itself, a field that must be influenced or that is necessary for the nature of the work done. That is why it is so plural Kabi@, and the results we see in it are a reflection of the contemporary digital world in which we live.

It is interesting to have this space at the Durango Fair and incorporate the critical debate in most presentations and round tables, as it is a sign of a very healthy Basque digital environment. Thinking together implies the possibility of building new global conceptions, allowing things to be done differently. What is more beautiful, placed in the middle of life, than a society that sees possibilities for improvement? Seeing opportunities is looking to the future with optimism and desire.

The impact of artificial intelligence on education, research on networks around Basque culture, the device to increase accessibility, the platform to share the tools of creators, the Basque community of readers, the tools that do not make people advertising, the radio that works speculative fiction to keep thinking, the critical educational resources to better understand the impact of digitalization on life, the guide that will help parents talk about video games. If all this has been included in the two-day programme, what will not be out there!