A change of medium changes something.
A room becomes a screen.
Travel becomes login.
Peripheral body language becomes a set of framed faces.
Home and venue collapse into the same place.
The mistake is assuming that because the medium changed, the practice must either be identical in every respect or become an entirely different thing.
Neither conclusion is necessary.
A medium shapes access, pacing, attention, social cues, privacy, fatigue, interruption, and the range of what can be noticed.
Some practices depend heavily on physical co-presence.
Others depend more on speaking, listening, reflection, instruction, or interaction that can survive across media.
The useful question is functional.
What does this practice require in order to remain itself?
Which parts are carried by the content?
Which depend on the room?
Which can be redesigned without losing the central inquiry?
A screen is not a room.
That difference matters.
It does not automatically answer whether the practice remains the practice.

A reflection on online and in-person practice: medium changes access, cues, and participation, but not every change of medium creates a different underlying practice.

Peripheral body language becomes a set of framed faces.

Home and venue collapse into the same place.

The mistake is assuming that because the medium changed, the practice must either be identical in every respect or become an entirely different thing.

A medium shapes access, pacing, attention, social cues, privacy, fatigue, interruption, and the range of what can be noticed.

Some practices depend heavily on physical co-presence.

Others depend more on speaking, listening, reflection, instruction, or interaction that can survive across media.

What does this practice require in order to remain itself?

Which can be redesigned without losing the central inquiry?

It does not automatically answer whether the practice remains the practice.

A Change of Medium Does Not Necessarily Change the Practice