Digital Death or Legacy: Our personal digital heritage amidst an ecological crisis

Föreläsare: Marije Miedema (visiting PhD researcher with Heritage Futures)

Titel: Digital Death or Legacy: Our personal digital heritage amidst an ecological crisis

Abstrakt:
This talk tension between the long-term valuation of our personal digital heritage and its long-term ecological effects. It draws on a long-term assemblage ethnography in the Netherlands, examining digital legacy, death, and heritage across different scales, sites, and practices. The research involves two groups: (1) individuals experiencing (temporary) socioeconomic difficulties, and (2) industry and public service professionals. By bringing together plural personal experiences and institutionalised perspectives, I create a space for emotion, affect, and sufficiency, rather than ratio, effect, and efficiency, in the preservation of our digital heritage amidst a climate crisis. By introducing the concept of relational preservation, I offer a different starting point for conceptualising heritage—one that reflects on how colonial and patriarchal views on technology permeate conversations about both the ecological impact and the solutions proposed to address them.

Seminariet kan också följas via Zoom. Kontakta Charlie Järpvall (charlie.jarpvall@lnu.se) eller Sara Ellis Nilsson (sara.ellisnilsson@lnu.se) för länk.

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