An interdisciplinary research team studying death, technology, and society in the 21st century. Based @unimelb
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined November 2018
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How do Australians engage with, and think about cemeteries, funerals, and digital tech for commemorating the dead? @DeathTechTeam @heresathought @engunimelb @ArtsUnimelb
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Th focus is on Ground Zero as we mark 20 years since 9/11, but @MaxHolleran and I turned towards the nearly 2,000 scattered memorials made from WTC steel to find out what these relics say about memory, patriotism, & the presence of loss in everyday spaces. placesjournal.org/article/re…
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Save the Date! Free Mortality Panel on Inequality, Death and Dying at this year's DDD conference - open to anyone. Wednesday 1st September 2021 20:00 - 21:00 BST - find out more here: visitmanchester.com/ideas-an… or here eu.eventscloud.com/website/4…
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“Sometimes it is because there isn’t anyone to come and claim them. Sometimes it is because they were simply forgotten about by their families. We let the funeral homes know that we will take them. We will claim them, and we will make sure to honor them.”
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The Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal conference is multi-disciplinary and open to all, including artists, academics, professionals & practitioners of all kinds, whose interests and/or practices are related to death and dying. Submit papers here eu.eventscloud.com/website/4…
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NYC Still Storing COVID-19 Victims in Makeshift Morgues nymag.com/intelligencer/2021…
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First of the Mortality interviews now #openaccess to read & download! Sociology, mortality and solidarity: An Interview with Zygmunt Bauman on death, dying and immortality. Do let us know if there's anyone you'd like to see interviewed for Mortality! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Temporary mortuaries in south-east England needed to cope with rising Covid deaths
Surrey hospital morgues now full as Kent facility offers 950 spaces and extra London capacity is built
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650 Bodies From NYC COVID Spring Are Still Being Held in Freezer Trucks: Report nymag.com/intelligencer/2020… via @intelligencer
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Outraged whilst researching the funeral industry. Forget Big Pharma, we need to talk about Big Fune. Funeral costs are rising at 3x the rate of inflation. Coffins are marked up between 300%-1000%. In Aus, 1 company owns 40% of all funeral homes (1/3)
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Anthropologist @hrhgould and the @DeathTechTeam are working to discover and assess the potential of new technologies to enhance the experience of cemeteries, not just for bereaved families, but for wider communities.
→ go.unimelb.edu.au/6b3j
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This week's paper is 'Funerary transformations in contemporary South Korea' by Chang-Won Park, nominated as one of Mortality's 25th anniversary papers, 'A fascinating case study of resistance and then acceptance of a new funerary practice' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Do you work in cemeteries/ funeral homes/ crematoria etc. in Australia? Today, our research team are launching a nationwide survey on the experiences of those working in death care during Covid-19. Participation is voluntary & you can remain anonymous: forms.gle/ob3uFer3NUAi2VD67
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There’s 3 of us that work in my mortuary and it’s so incredibly hard, overwhelming and pretty scary right now. What makes it harder is that we feel completely forgotten about just because we’re not NHS. We do the exact same job but we’re employed by a council.....1/2
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With funerals now limited to ten people we need to find new ways to conduct services in a way that protects rights and public health.
Read more: go.unimelb.edu.au/c99r
@hrhgould and @TammyKohn from the @DeathTechTeam are available for comment.
#COVID19 @ArtsUnimelb
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Growing up the son of a small-town American undertaker, @DeathRef thought about death a lot. Now he's the Director of @cendeathsociety and author of 'Technologies of the Human Corpse', publishing April 28th. Listen to his @TEDx talk on @YouTube now ow.ly/83Fq50yozLB
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Funerary Practices in the Netherlands by @bmathijssen and @C_Venhorst is out today! The authors explore the changes in funerary culture over time through a mixture of photographs, figures and case studies. bit.ly/34Dw9E3
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🗣 CFP (Spread the word!)
Continuity & Disruption:
Death, Dying, Mourning, & Memorialization in Postcolonial African Cities
5th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference
Theme: Postcolonial African Cities at 60: Continuities & Discontinuities
June 25-27, 2020 Lagos, Nigeria – at Towson, MD
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Do chat to me or email me if you are interested in submitting a proposal to the book series Death and Culture. We publish short form books, monographs and edited collections. #DDD14
