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bjking.bsky.social
On aquamation, or water cremation- fascinating. #death #deathstudies #aquamation
coyotemedia.org COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · Feb 13
Today on COYOTE: Aquamation! If you've ever wondered what it was like to dissolve yourself (or your loved ones) into liquid, this is the story for you. Our reporter @nuala.bsky.social dives into the history and explains the “very gentle" process of it all. www.coyotemedia.org/east-bay-wat...
In Which I Decide to Liquefy My Body After Death
Water cremation, also known as “aquamation,” is gaining traction as an environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional cremation by fire. But what exactly is it?
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February 20, 2026 at 3:34 PM
graveyardarch.bsky.social
Does anyone know more about this specific grave style? #deathstudies 🏺
cathrynpearce.bsky.social Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · Sep 19
Trying to search for info on the use of headstones and footstones in Sussex, and all I get are business websites trying to sell a headstone to me. Not yet, people!!! Can anyone share info with me about these, and when they became popular? Photo is from Seaford's St. Leonard's Churchyard.
Photo of three graves in a row, with large headstones and small footnotes, joined together by a vertical centre piece. The stones are too weathered to read names or dates.
September 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
chendirl.bsky.social
Earlier this week along with co-author Dr Bethan Michael-Fox, we presented our research findings at the
@irishhospice.bsky.social End of Life Forum 2026 on representations of death & dying in Irish news media. hospicefoundation.ie/our-supports... #DeathStudies #PalliativeCare #Hospice #EndOfLife
September 26, 2026 at 2:28 PM
harbottlestores.bsky.social
Advice for medical practitioners on how to conduct themselves at a coroner's inquest (1877): "Avoid all flippancy of manner." Seems reasonable. #deathstudies #histmed
July 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
jasondbrawn.bsky.social
Great talk with the expert and fellow Gothicist @anatomicalcat.bsky.social discussing the strange history of cadavers.

#cadavers #deathstudies #graves
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
chendirl.bsky.social
What we found was fascinating and you can read the full report here hospicefoundation.ie/our-supports... and the #Forum2026 agenda here hospicefoundation.ie/our-supports... #DeathStudies #Bereavement #Healthcare #Deathcare #Grief #Dying #Death #Palliative #Hospice
September 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
bjking.bsky.social
Just bought this book by anthropologist Ruth Toulson, and can't wait to dive in. #anthropology #booksky #deathstudies 📚
uwapress.uw.edu University of Washington Press @uwapress.uw.edu · Jan 28
Can a state make its people forget the dead?

In the newly released NECROPOLITICS OF THE ORDINARY: Death and Grieving in Contemporary Singapore, Ruth E. Toulson offers a new anthropology of death, one both more personal and politicized.

Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Book cover of Necropolitics of the Ordinary: Death and Grieving in Contemporary Singapore by Ruth E. Toulson. The cover features a striking nighttime scene of a large funeral fire with a person dressed in white standing behind it, tossing joss paper into the air. The glowing flames illuminate the darkness, with embers and paper drifting in the night sky, symbolizing themes of mourning and ritual.
January 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
chendirl.bsky.social
Congratulations to my lovely @asdsdeath.bsky.social
colleagues who have chapters in this new 📖 #BookSky #DarkHeritage #DarkTourism #DeathStudies #Heritage #HelenFrisby @drdan.bsky.social @deathandculture.bsky.social 👏
Cover Routledge Handbook of Dark Events - black with white line drawing of dancing skeletons
March 21, 2026 at 4:04 PM
hoodcp.bsky.social
Another fabulous episode from the @deathstudiespod.bsky.social

#DeathStudies
March 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
graveyardarch.bsky.social
ICYMI!! Our book is out in the world, & we're so proud!
If you want to grab a copy, use code SPIN2909 for 50% hard copies from now til the end of Jan! 🏺
#archaeology #deathstudies
berghahnbooks.bsky.social Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · Dec 17
DEATH, COMMEMORATION, AND CULTURAL MEANING: Past and Present, edited by Robert Spinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social and Robyn S. Lacy @graveyardarch.bsky.social has now been published!

Find out more here: bit.ly/4oq7xqO

#CulturalStudies #History #Archaeology
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
graveyardarch.bsky.social
I'm so excited to see this volume come together! Go us, and all our contributors!
#deathstudies #archaeology #history 🏺
librarianchef.bsky.social Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · Feb 8
Just sent off the final manuscript for the book that @graveyardarch.bsky.social and I have been working on for a few years now.

Come fall Death, Commemoration and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present will be released with @berghahnbooks.bsky.social!
February 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
lkmsmith.bsky.social
Cemeteries can bee such hotspots for biodiversity (typo intentional).

#deathstudies #cemeteries #academicsky
fishsqueezer.bsky.social Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · Apr 16
This is pretty amazing & like...a little funny.

A NY cemetery contains literally millions of native, ground-nesting, solitary bees in the genus Andrena. They love the sandy soils & limited ground disturbance. No word on how they enjoy the dead neighbors for the 10 MONTHS they spend underground. #虫🧪
Beneath this cemetery, 5.5 million wild bees form a giant underground city vital to spring pollination
To save money, Rachel Fordyce parked her car for free at Ithaca's East Hill Plaza and walked through East Lawn Cemetery to her job as a technician in an entomology lab on Cornell's campus. One spring ...
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April 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
graveyardarch.bsky.social
@librarianchef.bsky.social & I submitted our edited volume to Berghahn Books tonight! It has been through review & several rounds of edits, & I'm so excited for all the authors! Next stop, production schedule! #archaeology #deathstudies #heritage
November 27, 2024 at 3:25 AM
jasondbrawn.bsky.social
From Sineater Illustrations....

#horrortees
#folkhorror
#deathstudies
#gothicclothing
#mementomori
April 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
graveyardarch.bsky.social
Friends, the book is out!! If you are interesed in #deathstudies from an interdisciplinary perspective, please consider checking it out:
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...

ALSO we have a 50% off discount code! Use SPIN2909 for 50% off the print version of the book, til Jan 31st! Yay! 🏺
An image with a book cover on the left, showing rows of jars of dirt. The book title is in yellow, and reads 'Death, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present' Edited by Robert Spinelli and Robyn S. Lacy.
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
graveyardarch.bsky.social
It's finally happening!! The edited volume that @librarianchef.bsky.social & I have been working on with so many amazing researchers is finally available for Preorder with @berghahnbooks.bsky.social! I'm so proud!! #amwriting #archaeology #deathstudies

www.berghahnbooks.com/title/spinel...
Death, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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August 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
chendirl.bsky.social
📖 Released today! For anyone with an interest in #DeathStudies #Death #Archaeology this fascinating book on sale now @berghahnbooks.bsky.social www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...
Use code SPIN2909 for half off! #Booksky #History #IrishStudies #Speirgorm #Skystorians #Burial #Commemoration
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
hoodcp.bsky.social
What a great way to accompany some of my journey to Bath to give a talk at @cendeathsociety.bsky.social

Sounds like a really interesting book.

#DeathStudies
deathstudiespod.bsky.social The Death Studies Podcast @deathstudiespod.bsky.social · Mar 11
Bonus episode! This episode accompanies the soon to be published edited collection Death & Institutions

Edited by @katewoody.bsky.social, Helen Frisby & Bethan Michael-Fox

thedeathstudiespodcast.com/death-and-in...
Book DEATH AND INSTITUTIONS PROCESSES, PLACES AND THE PAST EDITED BY KATE WOODTHORPE, HELEN FRISBY AND BETHAN MICHAEL-FOX DEATH AND CULTURE
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
bjking.bsky.social
Concealing the title from Caroline Cat. But I'll start reading @sesmith.lol's book soon, and I'm looking forward to it. #Booksky #death #deathstudies #grief #cats
The book, titled All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture that Fears Mourning, rests on a Grey couch some feet away from a calico cat looking out a glass door to the outside.
August 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
bjking.bsky.social
Delighted to have a chapter in The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Death, edited by Sarah Richardson, Sarah Wagner, and Ruth Toulson, from @universitypress.cambridge.org My chapter is on animals' grief, and I can't wait to dive into my colleagues'. #anthropology #deathstudies #Booksky
The book cover features a number of death-evocative images, including people in postures of death or grief, and symbols of death ranging from skull to crosses.
August 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
chendirl.bsky.social
Finally made it to the #CovidMemorialUK wall at #Embankment #London and even as a #Death #Researcher this left me breathless. The wall stretches from Tower Bridge down Albert Embankment opposite #BigBen and near the #LondonEye #Covid #DeathStudies #Commemoration
covid memorial wall painted with red hearts and photos
March 31, 2026 at 10:31 PM
kathrynberry.bsky.social
Spot the skull eyessss
#bathabbey #deathscholar #deathstudies #memorialisation #skulls
December 31, 2024 at 10:46 AM
graveyardarch.bsky.social
Excited to announce that I was voted onto the Council as a general member for the @asdsdeath.bsky.social! I am really happy about this opportunity & can't wait to get more involved with #deathstudies around the world! 🏺

deathandsociety.org/robyn-lacy/
Robyn Lacy – The Association for the Study of Death and Society
deathandsociety.org
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
bjking.bsky.social
From Ann Packer's Some Bright Nowhere, among the most beautiful death and dying fiction: For a while he would be at risk of reducing her to a collection of excellent qualities. #SundaySentence #Booksky #deathstudies
The cover features solid colors: vertically, blues into oranges and reds. A note mentions the novel is part of Oprah's Book Club 2025.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
openthanatology.bsky.social
Check out this fab new book from our member @valmhope.bsky.social on Romans' funeral rites and mourning. #deathstudies
valmhope.bsky.social Valerie Hope @valmhope.bsky.social · Jul 10
Publication day! Just in time for essential summer reading (preferably by a pool with a cool drink). @bloomsburyclass.bsky.social @openthanatology.bsky.social

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/roman-mou...
July 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM