Death in the Digital Age
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Fulbright National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow producing "Death in the Digital Age," a multimedia project about how and where we remember the dead in our urbanized, digitized world. Tune in for sonic portraits and podcasts.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Fulbright National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow producing "Death in the Digital Age," a multimedia project about how and where we remember the dead in our urbanized, digitized world. Tune in for sonic portraits and podcasts.
Twitter:
@itskthornton
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.itskatiethornton.com
Episodes
Sound Memories: Gavin
3/29/2019
Sound Memories is a series of sonic portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. Here I spoke with Gavin, who lost his father when he was only 26. After his death, Gavin scattered his dad's ashes in a place worlds apart from the calm, contemplative environment of the cemetery. Photo courtesy of Gavin Lawson. Music by Elori Kramer.
Duration:00:02:04
Sound Memories: Wayne
1/24/2019
Sound Memories is a series of sonic portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. Here I spoke with Wayne, a gravedigger, about why he stays in a job that some might consider grim.
Duration:00:03:13
Sound Memories: Ariaf
11/27/2018
Sound Memories is a series of sonic portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. I spoke with Ariaf, who manages all of Bristol, England's public cemeteries and crematories, about the future of cemetery space and the importance of cemetery accessibility.
Duration:00:04:14
Sound Memories: Día de Muertos
11/2/2018
Sound Memories is a series of audio portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. I spoke with Fabiola, Carmen, Danielle, Efrain, and Louise on a chilly October day in the basement crypt of a Southwest England cemetery. Here, over warm coffees and homemade muffins, this group of friends prepared for a public Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration by building a Mexican Ofrenda—a traditional altar to the dead. Listen to their...
Duration:00:06:20
Sound Memories: Adela
10/24/2018
Sound Memories is a series of audio portraits featuring individuals with varying takes on how and where we remember the dead on our changing world. I spoke with Adela in her office at the historic and active Arnos Vale Cemetery in the Southwest England city of Bristol. Music by Elori Kramer.
Duration:00:02:40
Sound Memories: Steve
10/14/2018
Sound Memories is a series of audio portraits featuring individuals with varying takes on how and where we remember the dead on our changing world. I spoke with Steve on a crisp autumn day in the crumbling St. Mary Redcliffe cemetery in Bristol, England. Music by Elori Kramer.
Duration:00:02:24