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Digital Death: Transforming History, Rituals and Afterlife – the Special Issue of Social Sciences aims to shape a joint foundation for the study of digital death (1) by exploring the interrelations of death and the digital and reflecting on the various formations these interrelations might have for the present day society and (2) by reflecting on the challenges of studying digital death as an interdisciplinary research field. The ambition of this Special Issue is to become an authoritative contribution to the field and to make an essential reading for students and fellow researchers in this rising research area.
The Special Issue will include texts that are theoretical, empirical, and/or reflective. The authors have been invited and picked by the editors