‘আড্ডা with Ahmed: an expanded online exchange & misconnection’ is a reflexive interpretation of a DM conversation between the author and Ahmed, their Bangladesh-based friend, presented as both text and imagetext video (Mitchell, 1994). The article examines the meaning and practice of the Bangladeshi pastime of adda/chatting in a digital context, while exploring the complexities of cultural, interpersonal and technological hybridity. Through excerpts from their adda, the author and Ahmed touch upon various themes, including cultural identity, politics, gender, and the challenges of cross-cultural communication. Their conversations reveal a dynamic interplay between agreement and disagreement, offering glimpses into their subjective experiences and perspectives. While adda contains the potential to transcend cultural boundaries and foster new forms of connection and understanding, the asynchronous nature of the exchange, coupled with linguistic limitations and enculturated modes of expression, troubles the interpretation of meaning and growth of understanding between the correspondents. While the article acknowledges the unresolvable nature of certain misconnections, online ‘adda’ is portrayed as space for curiosity, exploration, remembrance, and the coexistence of diverse perspectives and interpretations.

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与艾哈迈德的对话：扩大的在线交流和错误连接

“আড্ডা 与艾哈迈德：扩大的在线交流和错误连接”是对作者和他们在孟加拉国的朋友艾哈迈德之间的 DM 对话的反射性解释，以文本和图像文本视频的形式呈现（Mitchell，1994）。本文探讨了孟加拉国人在数字环境下聊天的意义和实践，同时探讨了文化、人际和技术混合性的复杂性。通过他们的 adda 的摘录，作者和艾哈迈德触及了各种主题，包括文化身份、政治、性别和跨文化交流的挑战。他们的对话揭示了同意与分歧之间的动态相互作用，让我们得以一窥他们的主观经历和观点。虽然 adda 具有超越文化界限、促进新形式的联系和理解的潜力，但交流的异步性质，加上语言限制和文化表达方式，给通信者之间的意义解释和理解增长带来了麻烦。虽然文章承认某些错误联系是无法解决的，但在线“adda”被描述为好奇、探索、记忆以及不同观点和解释共存的空间。