Event Info Katie Thornton is a cemetery historian, writer, and radio journalist from the US. She was recently selected as one of five recipients of the Fulbright - National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship, and is spending this year in England and Singapore to explore how and where we remember the dead at a time when the sustainability of cemeteries has been called into question--our world is increasingly urban, urban land is increasingly limited, our cities are diverse in cultures and desires, and we now have countless ways to digitally document and preserve our memories of the dead. Katie uses writing and audio to tell stories at the intersections of land use, human memory, and technology. Her multimedia project “Death in the Digital Age” will culminate in a podcast series about the past, present, and future of death and memorial spaces. In this talk, Katie will share findings from her current research, show examples of her audio and photographic work from around England, and discuss forthcoming Death in the Digital Age stories and podcasts. She will also discuss the ways UK and Singaporean cemeteries have been variably adapted to meet the needs of a multicultural/multi-religious community, preserved for posterity, or, at times, discarded entirely. Registration for this event has closed. |