E. Beaunoyer, M. J. Guitton. Cyberthanathology: death and beyond in the digital age / trans. from Engl. A. V. Antipov
The preponderance of technology and digital connectedness has revolutionized every aspect of humans’ social life, including death. Digital technologies are reshaping how the interactions between the living and the dead are negotiated. Indeed, emerging technologies are not only embedded in end-of-...
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| Language: | English |
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2025/Т.10,%20№1%20(ОИС)/80-94%20Бонойер,%20Гитон_пер.%20Антипов.pdf |
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| Summary: | The preponderance of technology and digital connectedness has revolutionized
every aspect of humans’ social life, including death. Digital technologies are
reshaping how the interactions between the living and the dead are negotiated.
Indeed, emerging technologies are not only embedded in end-of-life, death,
and grief experiences, they are also changing the global context in which these
phenomena take place. Although interactions between death-related phenomena
and technologies are not new, the ubiquitous presence of digitalized spaces
drastically increased the salience and the magnitude of these interactions. To further
and structure the understanding of these interactions, we introduce the concept of
cyberthanatology as the articulation of death and all related phenomena with and
within the digital space. In the light of this framing concept, this paper explores
the topology of online death-related behaviors and phenomena, reviews
the current state of knowledge on the online representation of death and grief,
and identifies the challenges that will have to be faced in the future in order
to optimally integrate the understanding of death-related phenomena in the larger
field of cyberpsychology. By promoting and nurturing the dialog between the fields
of cyberpsychology and death studies, cyberthanatology research will not only
result in theoretical advances but also contribute to generate practical knowledge
to help people deal with death and grief in the modern technological age. |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |