Archive for the ‘Grief + Mourning’ Category
Terry Pratchett and Assisted Dying in England
18, Jun 2011Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die BBC iPlayer (only available until 9:59PM Monday, June 20, 2011) Terry Pratchett’s BBC Documentary Reopens Debate on Assisted Dying Fantasy writer’s film shows final moments of a man with motor neurone disease at Dignitas clinic in Switzerland Esther Addley, The Guardian (June 07, 2011) Terry Pratchett Defends Choosing to Die [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics|Grief + Mourning|Suicide
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics, death with dignity, Dignitas, religion, video
Postmortem Photography: The Aftermarket
6, Apr 2011Just happened upon a well-researched article posted to Boing Boing. Titled Ghost Babies, by Mark Dery, the post delves into the re-sale of postmortem photographs for sale on eBay and elsewhere with a little history on postmortem photography in 19th century America thrown in for good measure. As a librarian, I found the sources to [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Grief + Mourning|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: postmortem photography
Frontline Documentary: Facing Death
23, Nov 2010Frontline: Facing Death Miri Navasky and Karen O’Connor (November 23, 2010) How far would you go to sustain the life of someone you love, or your own? A Final Cocoon: Dying at Home Joyce Wadler, The New York Times (November 11, 2010) For some of the terminally ill, creating a space that embodies their deepest [...]
At the Hour of Our Death Sarah Sudhoff Our worldly possessions speak to how we live, while their particular aesthetics — the whorl of this cushion, the filigree of that doily — hint at personality. In her series, At the Hour of Our Death, artist Sarah Sudhoff explores how our stuff reveals how we die, [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Art / Architecture|Grief + Mourning
- Tags: films, moment of death, video
It’s My Way or Highway (to Hell). Neither O.K.
12, Sep 2010Australia’s Catholic church bans pop songs at funerals Reuters, Melbourne. September 10, 2010 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven. A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + Popular Culture|Funeral Industry|Grief + Mourning
- Tags: memorializing