Pink Lady (Indonesia, Bali)

Screen use among Balinese children reflects a rapid transformation in educational and social practices . In urban and semi-urban areas of Bali, the smartphone is becoming a multifunctional tool accessible even in modest homes: it replaces television, toys, cameras, and sometimes teachers.

This change is part of a cohabitation of two cultural systems :
– on the one hand, Balinese traditions (oral transmission, community practices, religious rituals);
– on the other, globalized digital technologies , often used from a very young age.

The bale banjar , a traditional space for socialization, is being competed with by digital interfaces , especially in families where both parents work.

While access to screens can promote certain forms of autonomy or distraction, it also raises questions about mental health, overstimulation and generational divides . In Indonesia, the average age of first contact with a phone is constantly falling , and early use is intensifying, particularly through videos, games and social networks.

This photograph questions the tension between local roots and global connectivity .