Arts Week: Digital afterlives and the genealogy industries
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Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
No booking required
This event is part of Birkbeck Arts Week 2019 - see the full programme.
Should we be archiving our DNA? Join us for a screening of Data Mining the Deceased: Ancestry and the Business of Family (2016) to explore the popularity of genetic testing for ancestral heritage. What kind of pasts are we archiving for families of the future and why? Filmmaker Julia Creet (York University,Toronto) will introduce the film. Afterwards a panel of experts will be in conversation and invite audience discussion.
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