Afhaak
Afhaak is a fictional term used in a world-building context to denote a social practice involving deliberate disengagement from digital networks and external obligations. In the Afhaaki language, the word is formed from af- meaning away and haak meaning to hook or connect, roughly translating to “unhooking.” The concept centers on periodic abstention from smartphones, streaming, and online communication, coupled with participation in offline communal activities.
Typically, afhaak is observed during the annual midsummer festival in the archipelago of Nirat, lasting seven
Scholars within the fictional setting describe afhaak as a ritualized form of digital detachment rather than
In modern discussions among readers and writers of the fiction, afhaak is cited as an example of