DEAD AIR #99

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

‘Heartless thieves steal dead children’s memorial plaques from Melbourne cemetery’ The Guardian  

‘Funeral prices show the cost of dying varies but does not have to be expensive’ ABC News

Loop Biotech, The Netherlands: biodegradable products, from local mushroom species and upcycled hemp fibres.

‘How palliative care is delivered to infants with life-limiting conditions’ Care Search article

Death Walker Training with Zenith Virago in Fryerstown 3-5 May 2024.

‘Disrupting Death. A guide to dying well’ Zenith Virago, TEDxByronBay

Advance Care Planning Week 18-24 March 2024 JUST DO IT!

DEATHxDESIGNxCULTURE: Radical Re-Imaginings for the End-Of-Life Conference

Email CDAS for newsletter: cdas@bath.ac.uk

The 4th Lifting the Lid International Festival of Death and Dying. Online 15-17 November 2024.
Online form, due 30 July HERE

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Angels of Deception – The The / Cherry Baby - Palberta / Plastic Bag - Minty

DEAD AIR #98

SBS new podcast: Grave Matters. Episode 1 ‘Dead Curious: How Can We Do Death and Dying Better?’

Alex Antunes ‘Reflections of my Queer Birth/Death Ritual’. Online: Wed 13 March, 7-8.30pm AEST. Book HERE

Webinar MindOUT Series. Tues 26 March, 1pm AEST: ‘Latest Insights into LGBTQI+ Mental Health, Suicide and Self-Harm’. Book HERE

Alternatives to Suicide (Alt2Su) group - A non-clinical, peer group who discuss experiences of suicide, coming together to talk about thoughts, feelings, and actions of suicide without judgment and without the threat of carceral intervention.

Online: Alt2Su Group, Tuesdays 6-7:30pm AEST. LINK

Online: Alt2Su LGBTQI+ Group. Wednesdays 6-7:30pm AEST. Email alt2su.lgbtq@gmail.com for access code. 

End of Season Harvest ‘We're Serious, Let's Play’. Radical Fieldz event, creator/curator Ryan F Kennedy. 11 artists including Hayley West and Martin John Lee from Castlemaine. Sat 16 March 10am-6pm, Lyonbank Farm, 259 Back Glenlyon Rd, Glenlyon. COME ALONG!

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Uh Oh, Love Comes to Town - Talking Heads / Bad Girls – M.I.A

DEAD AIR #97

Language shift, maintenance and death

‘Lost for words: fears of ‘catastrophic’ language loss due to rising seas’ - The Guardian.

‘Saving Indigenous languages from extinction’ – ABC News.

The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies - AIATSIS

‘Why "Death Acceptance" instead of "Death Positivity"?’ – Taboo Education.

The Bottom Drawer Book – CALL OUT for bad (& good) experiences. DM or email: Lisa@thebottomdrawerbook.com.au

Artist Anne Paulson IWD celebration at Castlemaine Cemetery, memorial to be unveiled by Maree Edwards MP Friday 8 March 2024, 9:15am.

The Order of the Good Death Fellowship – due 13 March.

The Australian Death Studies Society Prizes - Student Paper Prize / Published Paper Prize / Creative Work Prize. Email: info@deathstudies.org - due 31st March.

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic  

TRACKS: The Psychedelic Aliens - Blofonyobi Wo Atale / Alpay - Daglar Engel Oldu / Gareth Skinner – Amateur Hour