death studies

DEAD AIR #63 by Hayley West

Easter Monday explanation

Dyngus Day explanation

I spent years studying death, but it didn’t prepare me for grief’: archaeologist Sarah Tarlow on losing her husband. By Sarah Tarlow, 8 Apr 2023

Heaven & Earth - Eco Burial Products

Alyssa on ABC Central Victoria 4 April 2023

Natural Death Advocacy Network (NDAN) at Off-Grid Living Festival! Centennial Park, Eldorado VIC, 15 & 16 April 2023

TRACKS: They Burnt My Car – All of The Dirt All at Once / HEY HEY – BRUCE!

DEAD AIR #62 by Hayley West

I paid tribute to my nan by singing at her funeral’ SBS News, published 27 March 2023 by Claudia Weiskopf.

Human composting is being legalised in some places overseas – should we be considering it Australia?’ Conversation hour, ABC Radio, broadcast 24 March 2023.

Why Melbourne's booming west will be home to Victoria's biggest new cemetery in a century’ ABC News, by Margaret Paul, 16 March 2023.

La Corbicyclette (Bicycle hearse) designed by Isabelle Plumereau from Le Ciel & La Terre Funerals, Paris.

The Latest In Green Funerals: A Bicycle Hearse’ by Abby Stutsman, 26 Nov. 2022.

CDAS conference schedule announced, 5-7 May 2023.

TRACKS: In Between – K5 / Born in the Heat – CIVIC / Bitch – Future Suck / Polished Rings – The Faculty / To Hell with Poverty – Gang of Four

DEAD AIR #61 by Hayley West

Call for papers 'Mortality: Innovation at the end of life' commemorating the 20th anniversary of CDAS in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. Abstracts due 22 May 2023

The 6th International Symposium of the Death Online Research Network UK May-2 June, 2023. Early bird tickets close 31 March 2023.

Death the Last Taboo - Australian Museum online resource, read from Preparation for Death: Stories

NDAN presents: Technologies of the Human Corpse online with John Troyer, 2 April 2023

'Final Journey, The Use of Trains as Funeral Transport' online 29 March 2023

'Parramatta Eels fan chooses themed coffin as personalised burial trend grows' ABC NEWS

TRACKS: Malabadi Köprüsü–Selçuk Alagõz / Revolve–Melvins / By The Graveside–K15 / Are You Dead–Rainbows Are Free / Everybody Dies–Billie Eilish