The Afterlife Will Be Digitized – The Ringer

One artist imagines how the internet will change our perception of death At age 10, Gabriel Barcia-Colombo mummified his 5-year-old sister. He moved most of the furniture out of the living room, affixed a camera to a tripod, and - dressed in a flowy blue tunic - methodically wrapped his sibling in toilet paper.

I originally referred this post to my department head to let him know I am still alive. Here is what I wrote:

The Afterlife Will Be Digitized – https://theringer.com/gabriel-barcia-colombo-lacma-internet-death-abb4f215fb3f#.u5dpf16y7 Who says they ain’t no humanities jobs? Afterlife Documentarian!

“Sent this to my students via our class hashtag #wkueng100. This may seem flip….but it isn’t. File this under job descriptions that haven’t yet been written, but are already being filled. That’s the kind of job that doesn’t have much competition. Wedding photographer in reverse–afterlife narration now in Virtual Reality!”

That’s digital humanities, folks.