A New Work on Technology and Environment for Children by Nabat Garakhanova
Authored by Dr. Nabat Garakhanova, the play brings together the technology in children's lives and the environmental crisis on the theater stage.
Authored by academician Dr. Nabat Garakhanova, "Neci's Digi Adventures" brings together technology in children's daily lives and the global environmental crisis in the same story through a fantastic fiction.
Technology and the Theater Stage
Going beyond the classical stage experience with real robots, live video art applications, and artificial intelligence systems, Neci's Digi Adventures takes children on a fantastic journey to revive nature.
The characters Neci and Meci become the heroes of an adventure-filled story accompanied by the AI-supported smart robot Mini and the digital guide Diji Misha.
The Importance of Values Remains Unchanged
Author Garakhanova draws attention to the importance of explaining to children with what values they should use technology while introducing it to them.
She emphasizes that technology changes, but core values such as family, love, friendship, sharing, respect, and solidarity maintain their importance.
Not Surrendering to Technology
Stating that children cannot be protected by completely distancing them from the digital world, Garakhanova supports them in becoming individuals who research and produce with technology.
Stating that the family is at the center of all these processes, she expresses that no algorithm can replace a trusted family environment.
A Narrative That Arouses Curiosity
The author expresses that she did not pen her work with a teacher's attitude and that their purpose is not to give ready-made answers, but to make children curious.
She aims for children to learn the value of water and protecting nature not as a lecture, but by experiencing it within the adventure.
Artificial Intelligence and Early Age
According to research by Common Sense Media, a significant portion of children in the U.S. use artificial intelligence at an early age for learning and content creation purposes.
Garakhanova states that theater offers a live and physical experience in a world where screens are increasing, bringing together human emotion and technology.