Samson, Audrey. 2019. Digital data funerals. In: Tamara Kohn; Martin Gibbs; Bjorn Nansen and Luke van Ryn, eds. Residues of Death. Routledge, pp. 91-106. ISBN 9780429456404 [Book Section]

No full text available

Text digitaldatafunerals_chapterFinalProof--Corrected.pdf - Accepted Version Permissions: Administrator Access Only Download (1MB)

Abstract or Description

This chapter considers the disposal of digital artefacts that are reshaping the materialities of death through the case study of digital data funeral workshops. It addresses the gap in technological development, governmental and corporate privacy policy, and socialised mourning related to network materiality. The artistic practice described explores how memory and residues of the dead are entangled in the case of digital data and its afterlife. Ultimately, it investigates how memory and technical objects are entangled in the context of networked data archiving, and the potential of erasure as a method of inquiry towards the exploration of this theme.

Item Type:	Book Section
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429456404
Keywords:	erasure, ritual, digital death, network materiality, art-led
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Art
Dates:	Date Event 16 May 2019 Accepted
Item ID:	27765
Date Deposited:	12 Nov 2020 10:40
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2020 10:59
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/27765

View statistics for this item...

Edit Record (login required)