The primary objective of our exploratory research is to contribute to the ongoing conversation on Digital Afterlife from the lenses of Global South during the COVID-19 period. Digital Afterlife is fast becoming a challenge for our increasingly connected society. Moreover, the situation got worse with the COVID-19 pandemic. The on-going research is to address the disparity in the Global South, specifically in countries like Indonesia, India and The Philippines compared to the Global North for Digital Afterlife services such as policies and digital mourning services. By addressing the research question, 'What services and policy frameworks are available for Digital Afterlife in the Global South during COVID-19?', we aim to find the multitude of ways people in the Global South are managing their digital footprints. Our preliminary findings show that some considerable research and death related digital services and innovation have taken place during the pandemic. However, overwhelming majority of these works are western-centric and mainly dealing with post-mortem personal asset management. Cultural nuances, socio-economic perspectives, religion, political climate, regional infrastructures are mostly sidelined. We found significant disparity in Digital Afterlife product and service designs, which got worse during the global pandemic. Our goal is to collect further in-depth data within the three big ICT powerhouses of global south (Indonesia, India and The Philippines), identify the challenges as well as the innovations around Digital Afterlife.We envision proposing a set of recommendations, based on our findings, for developing a more inclusive and equitable digital space in this pandemic-stricken world.
翻译:我们的探索性研究的首要目标是促进在COVID-19期间从全球南方的镜头中正在进行的关于数字后生的对话。数字后生正迅速成为我们日益连接的社会的一个挑战。此外,由于COVID-19的流行病,情况更加糟糕。正在进行的研究是解决全球南方的差距,特别是在印度尼西亚、印度和菲律宾等国,与全球北方相比,在诸如政策和数字后生服务,如政策和数字哀悼服务等全球数字后生服务的差距。通过处理研究问题,“在COVID-19期间,全球南方的数字后生有哪些服务和政策框架可供数字后生使用?”我们的目标是寻找全球南方人民管理数字足迹的多种方式。我们的初步研究结果显示,在这种流行病期间,大量研究和与死亡有关的数字服务和创新已经发生。然而,这些工程绝大多数以西方为中心,主要处理验尸后个人资产管理问题。文化微妙性、社会经济观点、宗教、政治气候、区域基础设施大多处于边缘地位。我们发现数字后生产品和服务设计存在重大差异,而在全球大流行病期间,这种差异变得更加严重。我们的目标是在全球范围收集大量研究和死亡相关的数字创新,我们的目标是进一步研究后,将菲律宾作为发展中一个以数字时代为基础的数据展望。