The Digital Afterlives of Dambudzo Marechera
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6092217 |
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| Authors | Tinashe Mushakavanhu (0000-0003-3938-2213, University of Oxford Oxford UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 86-103 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Matatu (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0932-9714 • E-ISSN: 1875-7421 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18757421-05501002 |
| OpenAlex | W4401177409 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Dambudzo Marechera who died in 1987 remains a fascinating phenomenon in African literary culture. He is very much alive in the visual culture in which he circulates digitally. He is at once posthumous, multiple, and contemporary. Even though Marechera did not live to see the 21st century, he left versions of himself that remain both relevant and resonant. This paper considers the various ways Marechera’s digital afterlives manifest and force us to interrogate the intersections of life, death, personal data and human autonomy and presents a critique of unethical digital resurrection. Who does digital Marechera belong to
Aesthetics · Art · Autonomy · Digital culture · Epistemology · Literature · Media studies · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · Digital Media and Philosophy · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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