Archive for August, 2009
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle – the Dead…
13, Aug 2009Body Heat The Economist (August 6, 2009) Let us all say it together: Reduce – Reuse – Recycle. Now add: Dead bodies. It’s true. Shocking, but true. A strong case can be made that organ donation, for example, is the noblest form of cadaveric recycling and that the reuse of human organs and tissues to [...]
- By: John
- In: Cremation|Death + Technology|Death Ethics|Eco-Death
- Tags: bioethics, cremains, green burial
Death Masks: Still Being Made?
12, Aug 2009From time to time, we will feature questions we receive across the Death Reference Desk. Jason writes: I was reading in “The Rest is Noise” that there was a death mask made of the composer Arnold Schoenberg, who died in 1951. This got me to thinking: Do people still have death masks made? Are there [...]
“Dead Spiritualist Silent”
11, Aug 2009Radiolab: Proof originally aired August 10, 2009. It appears Radiolab had more great death meditations than they knew what to do with. Following up on their July 27 episode, “After Life,” all this week they will be releasing short podcasts with additional thoughts on death. Monday’s segment features Mary Roach, author of Stiff and Spook, [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Afterlife
- Tags: moment of death, podcast, spiritualism
Death in the Recession: More Bodies Left Unburied Alison Stateman, Time Magazine (August 07, 2009) News stories about unclaimed dead bodies, accumulating in morgues across America, continue to pop up. Death Ref Librarian Kim found this one and I decided to post it. What makes this particular Time article slightly different than the other articles [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Economy|Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: foreclosure, unclaimed bodies
Ghost Bikes: The End of the Road
5, Aug 2009I’ve been looking at and thinking about bikes lately. I’m in the market to buy a new one and my mind is kind of going crazy with all the possibilities. At any time of year, it’s hard not to think of bikes here in Portland, OR. They’re everywhere. Portland is the most bike friendly city [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: ghost bikes, roadside memorials