The meaningful objects and memories we collect over a lifetime are increasingly taking a
digital form. People are now “as likely to inherit a loved one's collection of hard drives, USB …

This chapter will discuss the ways in which various new technologies have been
incorporated into the pedestrian mourning practices of survivors over time, focusing on how …

How digital technology--from Facebook tributes to QR codes on headstones--is changing
our relationship to death. Facebook is the biggest cemetery in the world, with countless …

Nine years ago, my friend's daughter Annie, aged 18, died suddenly. At the time of her
death, Annie had an active Facebook page where she regularly posted photographs of …

When we die, we leave behind our bodies and belongings as our ancestors have for
millennia. Unlike our ancestors, however, today we also leave behind a trail of digital litter …

We approach the subject of digital remains, understood as “online content of dead users,”
from the perspective of computing professionals. Many scholars have argued for special …

The dead are increasingly present on the web. Within the next three decades alone, an
estimated 2.2 billion people will die, many leaving behind a considerable volume of data …

As our lives go digital, so will, inevitably, our death. Emails, photographs, and thoughts that
are shared are all stored digitally. These are users' digital remains that reflect their digital …

This chapter is primarily concerned with exploring the connection between digital legacy of
data that people currently leave behind and how this data can begin to form a part of our …

Despite the range of studies into grief and mourning in relation to the digital, research to
date largely focuses on the cultural practices and meanings that are played out in and …