In this article, Angela Butler explores postdigital community through an analysis of Complicité’s The Encounter. All facets of personal and civic life are permeated by the digital to such a degree that we are living through a period termed ‘the postdigital’. Postdigital communities are commonly formed, and nearly always sustained, through online networks. Drawing on Jill Dolan’s utopian performative and Victor Turner’s communitas, the article argues that rather than acting as an ancillary commentary platform, postdigital communities are now a principal component of certain theatrical experiences. With increasingly isolated lives, there is an evident appeal to work that taps into the joy of being alone, together. Angela Butler is an independent scholar based in Dublin who works in the technology sector. Cultural transformation is the central pillar of her ongoing research. With an eye to new and future technologies, her work is concerned with posthumanism, identities in transformation, and affective encounters.

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西蒙·麦克伯尼（Simon McBurney），戏剧音景和后数字社区

在这篇文章中，安吉拉巴特勒通过对 Complicité 的分析来探索后数字社区相遇。个人和公民生活的方方面面都被数字化渗透到如此程度，以至于我们正在经历一个被称为“后数字化”的时期。后数字社区通常通过在线网络形成，并且几乎总是持续存在。借鉴吉尔·多兰的乌托邦式表演和维克多·特纳的社区，文章认为，后数字社区不再充当辅助评论平台，而是现在某些戏剧体验的主要组成部分。随着生活越来越孤立，工作显然具有吸引力，因为它可以利用独处的乐趣。安吉拉·巴特勒 (Angela Butler) 是驻都柏林的独立学者，在技术领域工作。文化转型是她正在进行的研究的核心支柱。着眼于新技术和未来技术，她的作品关注后人类主义，