With so many people grieving, the notion of doing so in public was seen as tasteless and vulgar. Funerals became smaller, people put on a brave face in public and fewer people wore black.
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Most workplace bereavement policies were designed prior to MAID and very few employers have adjusted these policies in light of the new reality of living and dying in Canada.
European women’s rights expanded in early medieval cities, though they were still limited. Last wills and testaments were some of the few documents women could dictate themselves.
For some people, the decision over how to dispose of their body represents one last adventure – and one last consumer choice, a scholar explains.
Ukrainian families’ anguish at not being able to bury their loved ones underscores a deep human need, an anthropologist writes.
A scholar conducted over 70 hours of interviews with people involved in the medical and funerary professions to understand the impact of changes in death rituals during the pandemic.
The afterlife envisioned by spiritualism appealed to women who rejected the idea that their unbaptized children could be damned to hell.
Burials seem to have been uncommon in Africa some 80,000 years ago, although they were widespread in Eurasia.
The former justice received a Jewish funeral at the Supreme Court. But in other ways, Ginsburg’s burial is breaking with traditional Jewish death rituals.
Taiwan’s death rituals come from multiple spiritual sources. A Taiwanese-American scholar explains what changes for those who make their home in the US.
Religious scholars and faith leaders reflect on the death rites cultures have developed to honor the deceased, comfort the living and share the burden of mourning.
In remote Northern Territory, most Aboriginal people have been buried in unmarked graves. Archaelogists are carrying out painstaking detective work to help communities find their loved ones’ remains.
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Claire Smith is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Adjunct Lecturer, Archaeology | Director, Land and Heritage Management, Flinders University
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Research Associate in Archaeology, Flinders University
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Associate Professor, Business and Administration, University of Winnipeg
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Archaeology student, Flinders University
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor, Boise State University
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Associate Professor of Bible and Director of the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation, Union Presbyterian Seminary
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Professor of Biblical Studies, Santa Clara University
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Lecturer, the Rabbinical School, Jewish Theological Seminary
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Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Professor in Quaternary Science, Royal Holloway University of London
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PhD Candidate and Public Scholar, Communication Studies, Concordia University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
