Council members wanted! Nominations from members for the following ASDS Council positions are warmly invited: Secretary – 4 year appointment Membership Secretary – 4 year appointment Up to 3 General Members – 4 year appointment All roles start Sept 2023

To stand for any of these roles, please send Helen Frisby a one-page CV by 17:00 UK time Tuesday 15 August 2023. Any queries about these roles or the election process, contact either Helen Frisby ([email protected] ) or our President Heather Conway ([email protected] )

✨It's happening on Friday!✨ Please join us to learn more about Story Chair and to get your hands on our toolkit with lots of info, lessons learnt from our project, and resources on how to run creative support interventions for people in difficult life situations!

It's happening 😃 #eCC23

Our first panel is about to start: Call for Action. Mobilising People with the Help of eCommemoration - with Mai-Vy 🪷 Navid Khonsari & Mathieu Arribart Stream the discussion online: t1p.de/eCC23 #eCC23

"She had freedom in this experiences that she hadn't in her life" - Navid Khonsari states what real stories can do to people in digital projects. He refers to an Iranian woman he met in Iran who played the game Grand Theft Auto. #ECC23

Did you think of your Digital afterlife? Have a look at the project Digital death by Dr Stacey Pitsillides digitaldeath.eu at eCommemoration #ecc23

To give you a short impression of what is going on at the #eCC23, here are some pictures.

Our keynote with Nora Al-Badri has started. Tune in the live stream: t1p.de/eCC23 #eCC23

Our tree. So much more than a tree: a symbol, a beacon, an icon. Felled & irreplaceable. This shock, rage, bewilderment, sorrow - this is grief. Felt across our county, the nation, around the world. BBC News - Sycamore Gap https://www .bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66949986

Day 2 at #eCC23: Clare Burgess and Anne Wichmann invited us to join their hands-on exhibitions to start the day.

Panel 2 has started at eCommemoration Convention 2023: Extending Realities. Generating New Forms of Knowledge about the Past with moderator Soraya Jaber, Katrina Keefer & Lanae Spruce.

Welcome to our new board members Christos Carras, Nora Hadjisotiriou, Dize Kükrer, Dr Stacey Pitsillides & Alessandro Vincentelli. They join founding board members Argyro Toumazou, @clymenec, Ros Rigby & Stella Hall.

Interested/knowledgable in creative methods? A new journal is being launched: International Journal of Creative Research methods. Working with the fantastic Helen Kara 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine Su-Ming Khoo @[email protected] Prof. Harriet Shortt and I; apply to be on the editorial board. please share! helenkara.com/writing/intern…

Many congratulations to Carol Stump MBE former Chief Librarian at Kirklees Libraries and President of Libraries Connected who has championed our work to create more #DeathPositive libraries in the UK This award is well deserved. #NewYearsHonours

Genavee Brown Anthony Montgomery Mimi Huang SaraMcH “Eternal You” on 7 Nov led by Stacey Pitsillides festivalofsocialscience.com/events/eternal… Dr Stacey Pitsillides

If you had the chance to talk to someone who died, that you loved, would you take it? Join us this Thursday for a film screening, panel Tyneside Cinema and workshop Newcastle Libraries exploring AI, thanobots and digital legacy! Northumbria Uni Book Tickets: lnkd.in/eXjKDBkj