Digital Legacy: Cumulus Memorial Platform with Alexander Josephson

About this episode

Jill McClennen interviews architect Alexander Josephson about his journey into digital legacy and memorial design following his father's cancer diagnosis.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk with Alexander Josephson, a Toronto-based architect whose father's cancer diagnosis unexpectedly led him into the world of digital legacy and remembrance. When his father asked him to design a memorial, Alex began thinking about how we honor and remember the people we love. In a time when so much of our lives exists online, he wondered if there was a better way to preserve stories, memories, photographs, videos, and family history for future generati...

People in this episode

Host: Jill McClennen

Guest: Alexander Josephson

Topics covered

• digital legacy
• remembrance
• memorial design
• family history
• cancer diagnosis

Keywords

• digital legacy
• memorial
• remembrance
• family history
• cancer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cumulus Memorial Platform

Places: Toronto

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