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Sociology of death & remembrance.

SAGE Knowledge Video: Sociology Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Wane, Philip, on-screen presenter.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Augmented reality--Moral and ethical aspects.
Augmented reality.
Death--Social aspects.
Death.
Memory--Social aspects.
Memory.
Cemeteries.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (14 min., 42 sec.)) : sound, colour
Other Title:
Sociology of death and remembrance
Place of Publication:
London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned in English.
Summary:
Philip Wane discusses augmentative reality, a way of overlaying digital information onto physical objects. He is researching the use of augmented reality in cemeteries to overlay images of the deceased on their headstones. Wane discusses the complications and ethical issues that can come from using this technology in a public space, but also the benefits that they could have for sociology and remembrance.
Participant:
Academic, Philip Wane.
Notes:
Description based on XML content.
ISBN:
9781473960961
1473960967
OCLC:
1017727364

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