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DEAD AIR #164 by The Departure

Annaliese Holland will die within months. Here is what she wants you to know – ABC NEWS

‘Almost human’: life-size replicas of the dead help mend broken hearts in India - The Guardian

Cemeteries as Living Spaces Honouring the past, enriching the future – Remembrance Parks Central Victoria Master Plan, details HERE

Dearly Departed: death in life exhibition & events, State Library Queensland Gallery, Brisbane, until 23 August.

‘Undying - Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’ exhibition Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, finishes 26 July.

SURVEY- Have you organised a funeral in the past 6 - 24 months? Researchers from La Trobe University and UNSW are inviting people in Australia over the age of 18 to take part in a survey about funerals and bereavement. The survey takes 15-20 minutes, is voluntary and completely anonymous, click HERE

NDAN presents a panel discussion on restoration, conservation and natural burial Wed 29 April, 6.30-8.30pm AEST, book HERE

Principles of Sacred Deathcare - a guide for soul-based practitioners by Dr Sarah Kerr. Sacred deathcare is a healing modality that attends to our souls as well as our bodies, and to the dead as well as the living. Free e-book download HERE

Showing Up For Each Other: Community Death Care Workshop - funded by the Wicking Trust. Supported by the Australian Home Funeral Alliance, in conjunction with Social Health Australia and the Death Literacy Institute. Led by myself, Jenny Blake & Nici Wright. Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 April, Castlemaine. EOIs have closed, but you can join the waiting list HERE

TRACKS: One Million Years – Robin Gibb / You’re Dead – Robin Tanega / Farewell My Friend – Dennis Wilson

DEAD AIR #115 by The Departure

‘Writing my will sent me into an existential spiral’ – The Guardian

Postal Service for the Dead

Madagascar's Unique Funeral Culture: From Taboo to Turning the Bones - Taboo Education, YouTube

ONLINE TALK: ‘The Bioscope as a cartographic tool to facilitate conversations about death’ with Chetan Shastri. Presented by AHFA, Wed 22 Jan, 7-8.30pm AEDT Book HERE 

CALL FOR PAPERS: Symbols of Mortality Exhibition (UK) and Conference (online), 22 Feb, 8pm - 23 Feb, 3:30am AEDT. Conference paper abstract due 10 Jan - email: symbolsofmortality@gmail.com

EOI Blog posts: The Collective for Radical Death Studies EOI (ongoing): Field Notes blog.

Festival of Death and Dying Berlin 31 Jan – 2 Feb 2025

TRACKS: Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter - Nina Simone (Jazzeem’s All Styles Remix) / Hot On The Heels Of Love - Throbbing Gristle

DEAD AIR #93 by The Departure

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. Located at 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

Sarira in the Quan Am Bodhisattva statue, Linh An Tu Pagoda, Dalat, Vietnam. More info about these cremation remnants HERE and HERE

Taboo Education YouTube - ‘Dating Disaster: 3 Common Major Mistakes Widow/Widowers Make When Dating After Loss

Exhibition: Darren Sylvester ‘The Heads of Snowmen’ at Neon Park, Brunswick. 1-24 Feb 2024

Artist: Kat Rae, and her work in the 2023 CAM experimental print prize. Read more HERE

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday (not Saturday!) 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: A Man from the Earth – Boris & Uniform / my hope renders me a fool – BIG|BRAVE / Want – Divide and Dissolve