From death to final disposition: roles of technology in the post-mortem interval

Wendy Moncur; Jan Bikker; Elaine Kasket; John Troyer

doi:10.1145/2207676.2207750

From death to final disposition: roles of technology in the post-mortem interval

Wendy Moncur, Jan Bikker, Elaine Kasket, John Troyer

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI'12
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	531-540
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-1015-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2207750
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	CHI 2012 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, United States Duration: 5 May 2012 → 10 May 2012 http://chi2012.acm.org/

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Conference	CHI 2012 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin, Texas
Period	5/05/12 → 10/05/12
Internet address	http://chi2012.acm.org/

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Moncur, W, Bikker, J, Kasket, E & Troyer, J 2012, From death to final disposition: roles of technology in the post-mortem interval. in CHI'12: proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 531-540, CHI 2012 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Austin, Texas, United States, 5/05/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2207750

From death to final disposition: roles of technology in the post-mortem interval. / Moncur, Wendy; Bikker, Jan; Kasket, Elaine et al.
CHI'12: proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems . New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2012. p. 531-540.

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From death to final disposition: roles of technology in the post-mortem interval

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