THE FUTURE CEMETERY

THE AFTERLIVES OF MEMORIAL MATERIALS: DATA, HOAX, BOT

Bjorn Nansen, Larissa Hjorth, Stacey Pitsillides, Hannah Gould

<jats:p>The study of death online has often intersected with questions of trust, though such questions have evolved over time to n..

‘Stood to rest’: reorientating necrogeographies for the 21^st century

H Gould, M Arnold, T Dupleix, T Kohn

2021-01-01

"Adapt or Die": The funeral trade show as a site of institutional anxiety

Luke Van Ryn, Bjorn Nansen, Martin Gibbs

2019-06-11

Funeral directors shot themselves in the foot over cremation, and cemeteries got splattered with the blood.

‘Death by Twitter’: Understanding false death announcements on social media and the performance of platform cultural capital

Bjorn Nansen, Dominic O'Donnell, Michael Arnold, Tamara Kohn, Martin Gibbs

2019-01-01

In this paper, we analyse false death announcements of public figures on social media and public responses to them. The analysis d..

Managing the consumption of death and digital media: The funeral director as market intermediary

Luke van Ryn, James Meese, Michael Arnold, Bjorn Nansen, Martin Gibbs, Tamara Kohn

2019-01-01

A growing number of companies are offering digital products and services for use in funerals. Drawing on interdisciplinary researc..

Residues of Death: Disposal Refigured

2019-01-01

This book provides a critical overview of the changing ways people mourn, commemorate and interact with the remains of the dead, i..