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A temporary networked system that was set up at a legacy cemetery in Cambridge, UK, to encourage visitors to engage with the cemetery in new ways. The system comprised indoor and outdoor components. The outdoor components were mobile devices given…

A crowdsourced online database of cemetery records. Cemeteries are listed with details of their name, location and history, along with a list of the people interred therein and details such as their birth date, death date, spouse's name, gravestone…

A prototype media installation designed to create the appearance of a stone gravestone with moving imagery on its face. The prototype was made out of a wooden frame and transparent acrylic sheet painted to look like stone, with imagery back-projected…

A crowdsourced online database of cemetery records hosted on the genealogy site WikiTree. Cemeteries are listed with details of their name and location, along with a list of the people interred therein and details of the deceased people such as their…

A crowdsourced online database of cemeteries, graves and memorials. Individual graves are listed with basic biographical details about the deceased person, such as their name, birth date, death date and burial location, as well as photographs of the…

A mobile app that provides a searchable directory of war graves for servicemen and women who died in World War I and World War II. The app is provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, an intergovernmental organisation that is responsible…

A crowdsourced online database of graves in Canada. Users upload details about each grave including its location, basic biographical details of the deceased, a transcription of the headstone and photographs of the gravesite.

A piece of wearable jewellery that is associated with one or more persons who are buried at the cemetery. The jewellery piece is designed to be worn by a visitor, and grows warmer as the visitor approaches the site of its associated grave, until…

A prototype system for facilitating self-guided tours of a cemetery. The system is composed of two parts. The first part is a "book-like device" that the visitor carries with them as they walk around the cemetery. The second part is a network of…

A prototype installation designed to prompt visitors to investigate out-of-the-way paths or landmarks in a cemetery, without giving them specific information or requiring them to look down at their phone. It is a solar-powered box that projects an…