Things to do in the digital afterlife when you're dead

Buzzo, Daniel

Abstract

There are currently few procedures or public awareness about what happens to online digital identities after death. This paper discusses what happens with personal electronic information after death and looks to what is argued to be the rapidly approaching digital Afterlife. This afterlife of new emergent behaviour offers a challenge of almost unimaginable scope to the creative vision of Artists, Philosophers, Technologists and Cultural thinkers.

Citation

Buzzo, D. (2011, September). Things to do in the digital afterlife when you're dead. Paper presented at International Symposium on Electronic Art

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: International Symposium on Electronic Art
• Start Date: Sep 1, 2011
• End Date: Sep 1, 2011
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 15, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: digital legacy, digital culture, afterlife, technology
• Related Public URLs: http://isea2011.sabanciuniv.edu/paper/things-do-digital-afterlife-when-youre-dead
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2011