TY - CHAP T1 - From death to final disposition T2 - CHI'12 A1 - Moncur,Wendy A1 - Bikker,Jan A1 - Kasket,Elaine A1 - Troyer,John AU - Moncur,Wendy AU - Bikker,Jan AU - Kasket,Elaine AU - Troyer,John PB - Association for Computing Machinery CY - New York PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012 N2 - In this paper, we describe collaborative processes and stakeholders involved in the period from when a person dies until they are laid to rest: the funeral, final disposition of the body, and (in some circumstances) victim identification. The rich mixture of technologies currently deployed during this brief period are categorized and critically analyzed. We then reflect on the implications of our findings, both for the design of technology that takes the end of life into account, and for the wider HCI community. Copyright 2012 ACM. AB - In this paper, we describe collaborative processes and stakeholders involved in the period from when a person dies until they are laid to rest: the funeral, final disposition of the body, and (in some circumstances) victim identification. The rich mixture of technologies currently deployed during this brief period are categorized and critically analyzed. We then reflect on the implications of our findings, both for the design of technology that takes the end of life into account, and for the wider HCI community. Copyright 2012 ACM. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=yv4JPVwI&eid=2-s2.0-84862109176&md5=5ac001c6912a08eedb6b148e142211ca U2 - 10.1145/2207676.2207750 DO - 10.1145/2207676.2207750 M1 - Other chapter contribution SN - 978-1-4503-1015-4 BT - CHI'12 SP - 531 EP - 540 ER -