Exploring storytelling for digital memorialization

Abstract

Memories are an interesting part of everyday lives and memorialization through storytelling is an important way to share memories. The increased use of digital devices in the society has brought about a shift suggesting that people are willing to use technologies to remember the dead. With a view to designing devices and platforms to support memorializing through storytelling we explored how willing and comfortable people are sharing stories about the deceased. Our results revealed longer stories were told about younger people who had been dead for longer. This paper reports on our findings of an exploration of stories told by the bereaved and considers design implications for future work.