DEAD AIR #90

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. Located at 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

‘Understanding Funeral Culture in the Romany Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Communities’. Taboo Education YouTube Channel.

Books: ‘Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History’ Mandy Sayer. - ‘Gypsies, Roma and Travellers: A Contemporary Analysis’ Declan Henry

‘Burial Beads: A South Korean Tradition’ The Living Urn

Online: ‘Last Christmas: The Story of Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, and Christmas Past with Eric Huang’ Morbid Anatomy Museum.

Book: ‘The Little Book of Humanist Funerals. Remembering and celebrating a life’ by Andrew Copson & Alice Roberts.

Call for proposals for Special Issue: ‘Relational Approaches to Conceptualising, Measuring and Enacting Wellbeing and Care in Palliative and End of Life Contexts.’ Abstracts due: 13 Feb 2024

Online Talk: ‘Memorialising Gendered Violence in Public Space’ Margaret Gibson, Griffith University, 20 Feb 2024, 11 am- 12 pm. REGISTER HERE

CDAS subscribe to their newsletter email: cdas@bath.ac.uk

Free download: The Student Grief Zine

Australian Home Funeral Alliance blog. Submit your written work, email: hello@ahfa.org.au

Video: ‘Death exciting & new!’ John Troyer & Caitlin Doughty in conversation.

Exhibition: ‘Barriletes de Nuestro Futuro (Kites from Our Future)’ by artist Juan Rodriguez Sandoval, at Incinerator Gallery. 1 Dec 2023 - 21 Jan 2024. Kite-making workshop, Thur 18 Jan 11 am-2 pm.

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday. This Sun 24 Dec, 12 pm. Flying white kites at Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Egyptian Kings – Brainticket / Strawberry – Moses Gunn Collective

DEAD AIR #81

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

The Age - ‘I am the final ingredient’: Artist creates the work she will be buried in. Artist Helen Bodycomb

YouTube Taboo Education episode ‘Modern Day Corpse Theft’

First Peoples – State Relations. Vic Fact sheet: Aboriginal burials

A near death experience on TikTok

Barb Ferguson Death Doula workshop, Sat 30 Sept 23, 10am - 4pm, Shepparton, $180.00. e: doulabarb60@gmail.com m: 0419545093

TRACKS: Opa-Loka – Hawkwind / I Am Pentagon – The Make-Up / Vitamin C - CAN

DEAD AIR #75

TOMORROW 8 August is Dying To Know Day!

ABC News: ‘From human compost to diamonds from cremains, people are looking to bury tradition and find new ways to be dead’ [with yours truly in the article :)] - LINK HERE

ABC News: ‘Scattering ashes - the dos and don'ts of releasing cremated human remains’ - LINK HERE

Creative Deathcare - launch of the collective and exhibition at Imaginer Gallery, 105 Sydney Rd, Manly NSW

‘Women Who Travel’ Podcast: From Mexico to Denmark, Witches and Their Rituals

GMCT Reimagined cemetery: August community workshops Religious/faith groups: Wed 16 Aug, 1:00-2:45pm / Community groups: Fri 18 Aug, 1:30-3:30pm. Dunvegan Cottage (in Willows Historical Park), 3A Reserve Rd, Melton Vic

TRACKS: Rapture – The Ruins of Beverast / A Pale Green Light in the Night - Erang