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The British Sociological Association Social Aspects of Death, Dying and
Bereavement Study Group are hosting their annual symposium on Friday Dec
2nd 2016.
*Theme: Death, Dying, Bereavement and Technologies in the 21st Century*
Date/Time: Friday 2nd December 2016 -- 10.00 until 16.30 followed by
informal get-together
Venue: ICOSS, University of Sheffield
*Registration* (£20-£45):
https://portal.britsoc.co.uk/public/event/eventBooking.aspx?id=EVT10550
<https://portal.britsoc.co.uk/public/event/eventBooking.aspx?id=EVT10550>
More info:
https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/death-dying-bereavement-and-technologies-in-the-21st-century/
Tweet using hashtag #DDB16
*Programme:*
10.00 – 10.30 Registration over tea and coffee
10.30 – 10.40 Welcome and Introductions
Session 1: 10.40- 12.10
Jean Genie in a bottle – when Bowie’s death met with social media and
palliative care
*Mark Taubert*, Velindre NHS Trust, Cardiff
Content analysis of social media responses to TV body donation documentary
*Julie Seymour* et al., Hull York Medical School
Online after death: practices of (un)controlled presence
*Paula Kiel*, London School of Economics & Political Science
12.10 – 13.00 Lunch (provided)
Session 2: 13.00 – 14.30
Passing on in the virtual world?: The problems and paradoxes of Facebook
Memorials and Digital Assets
*Heather Conway*, Queen’s University, Belfast
The Pervasive Dead
*Tony Walter*, University of Bath
The Living Dead? Enhancing memorial artefacts with augmented reality (AR)
*Phil Wan*e, Nottingham Trent University
14.30 – 14.50 Tea and coffee
Session 3: 14.50 – 16.20
Mediating death in the museum: the ‘prehistoric grave goods project’
*Melanie Giles* et al., University of Manchester
Ethical challenges faced by community nurses using anticipatory medications
in the home environment at the end of life
*Eleanor Wilson*, University of Nottingham
Sorting ourselves out: the recovery and recycling of orthopedic implants
post-cremation
*Hannah Rumble*, independent scholar
16.20 – 16.30 Concluding Remarks (followed by informal get-together)
Please circulate to anyone who you think would be interested.
Thanks,
Erica Borgstrom and Julie Ellis
BSA DDB co-conveners
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