Covenant Minute 13

Covenant Minute

In which I discuss the ways we remember the dead across cultures, and how reflections, photographs and videos have changed the way we perceive ourselves, other people and time itself.

Citations

Duffy, C. (2021, January 27). Microsoft patented a chatbot that would let you talk to dead people. It was too disturbing for production. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/27/tech/microsoft-chat-bot-patent/index.html

Fioratti, H. C. (n.d.). The origins of mirrors – L’antiquaire & the Connoissuer. Wayback Machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20110203052336/www.lantiquaire.us/origins-of-mirrors.html

Izadi, E. (2014, September 18). Why do human faces look so different? Evolution made us that way. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/09/18/why-do-human-faces-look-so-different-evolution-made-us-that-way/

Korff, J., & Spirits, C. (2020, July 17). Mourning an Aboriginal death. Creative Spirits. https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/mourning-an-aboriginal-death

NITV Staff Writer. (2017, July 27). Indigenous cultural protocols: What the media needs to do when depicting deceased persons. NITV. https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2017/07/27/indigenous-cultural-protocols-what-media-needs-do-when-depicting-deceased-persons

YouTube Originals. (2019, December 18). How far is too far? | The age of A.I [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/UwsrzCVZAb8