death studies

DEAD AIR #90 by Hayley West

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

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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 #89 by Hayley West

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

The Guardian: ‘I knew I was going to die … why not get together beforehand and have a beautiful party?’

Talk Death: Mushrooms and Death

NDAN - NATURAL BURIAL GROUNDS & CEMETERIES MEMBERSHIP

From the Other Side’ exhibition at ACCA, Melbourne. 9 Dec 2023 – 3 March 2024.

NDAN - Carked It! Talk with CEO Simon Lowe. Sat 2 Dec 2023, AEST 9-11am BOOK HERE

CDAS Conference, 6 & 7 June 2024 (online): ‘Death and Communities’. Deadline for submissions: 31 Jan 2024 SUBMIT HERE

Read Palestine Week 29 Nov – 5 Dec 2023 #ReadPalestine & #LirelaPalestine @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Adieu Au Dancefloor – Marie Davidson / Cops Copulating – Electrocute / Mind Your Own Business – Chicks On Speed

DEAD AIR #88 by Hayley West

UPDATE: Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado, USA. Taboo Education update on YouTube and The Guardian article.

UPDATE: Fatal mushroom saga in Gippsland, Victoria. The Age article with timeline. ALSO: ‘Elegant but deadly: why death cap mushrooms are a forager's nightmare

‘Understanding the Sikh Tradition of Akhand Path: A Ritual for Processing Grief’ on the TalkDeath website.

Paint & Sip with Alanah Ellen Brand, Bendigo, Vic. Recreating Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette’. $250 Saturday January 20th 10am-4pm. Book via DM on Insta: @alanahellenbrand Email: alanah_ellen@hotmail.com  

Trans Remembrance Day (20 November) Vigil at Fitzroy Town Hall tonight, 5-7.30pm.

Lifting the Lid International Festival of Death & Dying, 18-20 Nov 2023 - finished for another year! You can still support Jo & Victoria on their Go Fund Me page and buy MERCH!

Australian Music Week! TRACKS: Let Me Stay - Kai Cult / Acid Kicks In – Our Carlson / 2012 – Eugh / You and Me – Bat Piss / Congratulations – Shepparton Airplane