Project name
Digital Death

Project participants
Nina Bacun
Vijai Patchineelam
Chittrapar Lerttaweewit

Sequence from EEG PBR LIVE TV SHOW
hosted by Bonnie Swift
presented at Konstfack

Bonnie:
Corespondents from New York and Mumbai for the last few days worked on issue of Digital Death and management of virtual information

Bonnie:
So Nina, Can You die digitally?

Nina:
Not really, because your data seams to stay somewhere,
nowadays there are lot of discussions on that topic,
the question is more related to action of erasing or deactivating data?
to make it clear we have example;

facebook case;
Elizabeth. J. died, her facebook wall became a virtual shrine to her life.
because her family wanted it like that.

Bonnie:
What happens if family doesn't agree with keeping facebook profile?

Nina:
In that case things start to be more complicated, because family has to keep track on that, and it can be quite disturbing.

A Facebook spokesperson said profiles of deceased members aren't supposed to stay online forever:
"once we learn that someone has passed away, we leave their profile up for 30 days, and then take it down."

The question is what they mean by take it down?

Vj:
Social media services or email accounts keep data for their own reasons, every individual is important to them because it is connected to broader network of other individuals...
It seams none of us is safe.

Nina:
Existing Services should rethink how to manage digital belongings
Some EDG people broad up FUTURE scenario of special services
one by name Undertake my digital Identity

Vj:
another in form of last will - testament of digital belongings
that collects personal data after death to one place;
they destroy it or keep it on demand of testament

Bonnie:
It sounds like digital world has it's own god.


Question of possibility of dying digitally while still living?
Wat if we forbid digital death while we are alive.
Does it make people more conceous about things they do online?


Eather we limit affordance or we provide sufficient antido.