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| + | The VMG, is not a place of death, but somewhere people can celebrate their family, friends and pets; to tell the rest of us about them and why they were special. People's attitude to death in Europe and North America has undergone a radical change in the last one hundred years. Death is no longer the commonplace event that it was when we were less healthy and medical care was not as effective. Certainly we have lost touch with the idea of remembering, though perhaps the fact that many people feel the urge to trace their family tree is a remnant of the powerful respect for ancestors that can still be found in countries like China, Japan and Korea. We need to celebrate the Day of the Dead just as they do in Mexico! | ||
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| + | In the Virtual Memorial Garden anyone can be remembered. At the moment you see simple text much as you would in your local newspaper, but in the future there will be more complex memorials, with sound and images combining to tell you about someone you never knew and how they touched those around them. Perhaps you will see cyberpyramids and datasphinxes appearing. Certainly there will be electronic crypts as pages devoted to whole families are assembled. | ||
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| + | The Virtual Memorial Garden was written up on the front page of the Times newspaper on 14th Aug 1995 (though they managed to print the URL wrongly!). This generated a lot of media interest with small paragraphs in other papers and several radio spots. Since then there have been features in the New York Times, Sunday Telegraph and many other papers. Canadian Television also broadcast a main news item about the VMG and the memorial for Mark Isfeld. The BBC also featured the site on their Tomorrow's World programme. The VMG is included in many web site listings and has been a "Site of the Day" at many different sites - I cant be bothered to include all the award logos and links here... | ||
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Archiv der AKI-list von 1998 bis 2003 - http://lists.iuk.hdm-stuttgart.de/pipermail/aki-stuttgart-list/
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from here ab. just ignore... 0301
The Virtual Memorial Garden
The VMG, is not a place of death, but somewhere people can celebrate their family, friends and pets; to tell the rest of us about them and why they were special. People's attitude to death in Europe and North America has undergone a radical change in the last one hundred years. Death is no longer the commonplace event that it was when we were less healthy and medical care was not as effective. Certainly we have lost touch with the idea of remembering, though perhaps the fact that many people feel the urge to trace their family tree is a remnant of the powerful respect for ancestors that can still be found in countries like China, Japan and Korea. We need to celebrate the Day of the Dead just as they do in Mexico!
In the Virtual Memorial Garden anyone can be remembered. At the moment you see simple text much as you would in your local newspaper, but in the future there will be more complex memorials, with sound and images combining to tell you about someone you never knew and how they touched those around them. Perhaps you will see cyberpyramids and datasphinxes appearing. Certainly there will be electronic crypts as pages devoted to whole families are assembled.
The Virtual Memorial Garden was written up on the front page of the Times newspaper on 14th Aug 1995 (though they managed to print the URL wrongly!). This generated a lot of media interest with small paragraphs in other papers and several radio spots. Since then there have been features in the New York Times, Sunday Telegraph and many other papers. Canadian Television also broadcast a main news item about the VMG and the memorial for Mark Isfeld. The BBC also featured the site on their Tomorrow's World programme. The VMG is included in many web site listings and has been a "Site of the Day" at many different sites - I cant be bothered to include all the award logos and links here...
