CRUNCH: Data Mourning

In a conversation with Nai Lee Kalema and Professor Peg Rawes, Dr Marina Otero Verzier explores these pressing issues by proposing new paradigms for data storage that integrate architecture, preservation and digital culture. Central to this discussion is the concept of ‘Data Mourning’, which acknowledges the deep connection between the digital and physical worlds. This concept encourages us to consider the full lifecycle of digital data – from its creation to its inevitable decay and disposal.

The conversation will examine the loss of control over our digital memories, now largely managed by corporations, and how practices of erasure and mourning can act as forms of resistance against the relentless drive to accumulate data.

This event is part of the flagship CRUNCH Series at The Bartlett School of Architecture, replacing the International Lecture Series.