Anthropology of Death & Burial
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The purpose of the article is to develop two aspects of the Wayuu’s social life such as death and its rites. Death is part of a symbolic universe that is part of the meaning of life for the Wayuu. From which their experience and existence... more
ความตายและการพลีชีพ เรื่องราวอันเป็นยิ่งใหญ่ของลัทธิวีรบุรุษ (the cult of heroes) ปรากฏขึ้นตั้งแต่สมัยกรีกโบราณ ถือเป็นหนึ่งในคุณสมบัติที่โดดเด่นที่สุดของศาสนากรีกโบราณ ในภาษาฮีบรู (Homeric Greek) คำว่า “hero" หมายถึง... more
The identification of deviant burials as those of ‘vampires’ is a feature of excavated skeletons from sites across Eastern, Central and Southern Europe as well as the Balkans. Based on a close reading of historic and folkloric sources... more
Exploration des thèmes du suicide, des morts violentes et des actes violents en général dans la société maya ancienne.
"Representations", N. 129, Winter 2015. The essay analyzes the project of maintaining the body of V. I. Lenin in the Mausoleum in Moscow for the past ninety years, focusing on the unique biological science that developed around this... more
This article explores how across the island of New Guinea, barkcloth has functioned as a mediator between humans, their existence, and their environment. Revisiting origin myths and various uses and meanings of barkcloth in New Guinea, it... more
Mărturiile vechi-testamentare despre moarte, alături de cele extra-biblice sunt dezvoltate şi în această a doua parte a studiului cu alte aspecte precum necromanţia, cultul morţilor, nemurirea, învierea, judecata. Sunt aduse înainte cele... more
* Studiul a fost redactat în aprilie 2009 ca parte dintr-un proiect publicistic rămas nefinalizat. Cu acordul autorului, a servit ca o bază bibliografică pentru studiul Teodorei TECU-LESCU, "Perspectiva biblică asupra practicilor funerare... more
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the deaths of migrants have become a regular occurrence in southern Arizona where an average of 170 bodies are recovered from the desert each year. This dissertation examines the causes and effects... more
Zbornik Antropologija smrti II, Sahrana, grob i groblje predstavlja drugi zbornik s antropološkim tekstovima o smrti. Pogreb kao centralni ritual smrti obrađen je sa više aspekata i u više sociokulturnih okolnosti. Analiza tradicionalne... more
Syllabus, graduate seminar, Anthropology, UC Berkeley, Fall 2016
La mort d’autrui est une épreuve que les communautés humaines ont dû apprendre à surmonter dès les premiers temps de l’Humanité. Ce travail est une exploration des différentes réponses proposées par l’homme face au problème de la perte de... more
Esta comunicación quiere poner de manifiesto el carácter polisémico de los cementerios patrimoniales tomando como ejemplo el Cementerio Municipal de Valencia, dado que es en este tipo de cementerios y puede que solo en ellos donde se den... more
This paper investigates the unique science of preservation that emerged around the task of maintaining Lenin's body for public display in mausoleum in Moscow.
**Uncorrected proofs** F. Stavrakopoulou, 'Curating King Saul: The Transformation of a Troublesome Corpse', in L. Quick, E.E. Kozlova, S. Noll, and P.Y. Yoo (eds), To Gaul, to Greece, and into the Ark: Essays in Honour of Kevin J.... more
Since the advent of European explorers, missionaries, traders and subsequent colonialism, Melanesian material culture has lived a double life (Thomas 2013: xi). On the one hand, indigenous material culture remained significant in local... more
Dílem Calon-Welten: Eine Ethnografie über das Leben, Sterben und Weiterleben bei Ciganos in Brasilian Márcio Vilar dokazuje, že studium způsobu, jakým se lidé vyrovnávají se smrtí, umožňuje dobrý vhled do sociálního uspořádání a kultury... more
Author: Manolis I. Stefanakis. xii+192 pages; illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Papers in English and Greek.. 52 2018. Available both in print and Open Access. Printed ISBN 9781784917685. Epublication ISBN... more
Dogs were commonly buried individually upon death but sometimes jointly interred with people. The oldest known example of the latter, from Bonn-Oberkassel in Germany, serves as a window for viewing this phenomenon. The common practice of... more
Dove e come veniva eletto il papa nel Medioevo? Chi aveva il diritto di eleggerlo? Da quando i cardinali entrano in conclave per eleggere il papa? Quali riti venivano celebrati subito dopo la sua elezione e con quali oggetti... more
My lecture will take place in the March 18th IIAS SYMPOSIUM: "Competing Venues for Justice: Jewish Courts in Jurisprudential Context", attached the program
Referncia del libro: Philip J. Havik, José Mapril and Clara Saraiva (eds.) Death on the Move: managing narratives, silences and constraints in a transnational perspective (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018). ISBN:... more
В некоторых городах Южной Руси и их окрестностях известны находки человеческих останков с посмертными повреждениями (пробитые гвоздями черепа и др.). Повреждение тел определенных категорий покойников было распространено в защитных целях у... more
This paper examines cases of suicide in rural Greece where the deceased have been provided with new affective narratives that detract from the circumstances of death. Living relatives redirect public attention away from the social taboo... more
Employing two case studies from different spheres of anthropological practice, we argue that a narrative approach provides productive analytical ground for the study of Western death. It has been argued that narratives are attempts to... more
In the present as in the past, the dead have been deployed to promote visions of identity, as well as ostensibly wider human values. Through a series of case studies from ancient Egypt through prehistoric, historic, and present-day... more
This piece is on the cemetery for the "unknown," for the "anonymous" (kimsesizler mezarligi), where the bodies of trans people, victims of honor crimes, premature babies, Kurdish guerillas, unclaimed refugees, and homeless people are... more
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Conferencia impartida en CCCB: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona dentro del marco de las jornadas "Las imágenes de enfermedad, muerte y duelo compartidas online" (20 de octubre 2017)
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/cortges-and-tea-why-we-do-death-well-35260923.html Corteges and tea: why we 'do death well' The people of Ireland. as this book attests, "do death well": both the lead-up to... more