Dear subscribers on AIR-1: I am working on my thesis project which concerns a case study in a Danish virtual grief-community called Mindet.dk [English: The Memorial]. This community is a possibility for bereaved to meet other people who have lost a beloved one. The website contains functions as an official guestbook, memorials, lighting candles and private fora. In our contemporary society death and grief is experienced as taboo, when these themes becomes private, personal experience. At the same time, when it comes to death in the media there is almost no limit for exploring this private subject. I undertake a theoretical exploration of the ideas of community, death and griefing in our society, together with an empirical study of community on Mindet.dk in order to find out if the Internet can be a new space to fulfill a missing function in our society. I would very much like to hear from anyone who has experience or interesting thoughts about what social aspects (positive, negative aswell as paradoxical) the Internet can contribute to such a private theme as death and grief. Best, Tasha Buch ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Tasha Buch Graduate Student Design, Media and Communication Program IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark Email: tabu@itu.dk -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------