Visual artist by training, accidental anthropologist by trade. I research a liveable future for our personal digital past.
I love to listen to, collect, and tell stories—through writing and other means—about what we create, share, and store: our digital legacy. I reflect on and critique the ways we preserve personal digital heritage amidst an ongoing global ecological crisis.
Though I use the first person here, my work is deeply rooted in collaboration. As an anthropologist, I do research with:
Local communities (centres)
Archives
Digital death professionals
Archives
Digital death professionals
But also with creative professionals, in order to step outside academic walls and into the public space.
Within these collaborations, I ask: How do we want to be remembered? By questioning long-term preservation and valuation processes, I hope to offer an alternative to the power of commercial technology companies in shaping our digital legacy.