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DEAD AIR #132 by The Departure

Notes from the Open House Melbourne, Design + Death Beyond the Grave Memorialisation Symposium yesterday at the Shrine of Remembrance.

The truth about scattering cremated remains: why ashes don’t return to the earth naturallyThe Modern Mortician

I’ve studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief – and our own mortalityThe Guardian BOOK: No Ordinary Deaths – A People’s History of Mortality, by Molly Conisbee Booktopia.

Funeral Foods From Around the WorldYou Tube Mourning in the early 19th century: making funerals biscuitsYouTube

The next ELM Peer Support Group meeting for those affected by suicide loss will be held tonight: Mon 26 May, 6-7:30pm at The Castlemaine Safe Space. Monthly meetings on the final Monday of each month. Info: 0404 468 534 e: theelmpsg@gmail.com

Dhelkaya Health invites family members, friends, staff and the wider community to our Annual Memorial Service to remember and give thanks for the lives of patients, residents and clients of Dhelkaya Health who died between 1 Dec 2023 - 30 Nov 2024. The service will be held in the auditorium at Dhelkaya Health's Castlemaine campus tomorrow, Tues 27 May. Arrive at 6.30pm for a 7pm. More info: 5471 3542.

Grief and Creative Practice with Chloe Coelho, presented by AHFA. Wed 28 May, 7-8.30pm AEST. Register HERE.

Departures and Dissolution – a meditation on death & dying. Free 3-hour experiential workshop with John Bradley, engaging Buddhist philosophy and coming to terms with death as essential lo living life fully. Sun 29 Jun, 4:45-8pm AEST. Hosted by The MIECAT Institute Inc Fitzroy. Book HERE. Mandala, Dancing in the Bardo exhibition - VIMEO

TRACKS: Opa-Loka – Hawkwind / Begger’s Need – electric citizen

DEAD AIR #130 by The Departure

‘My parents holding hands after their assisted deaths: Martin Roemers’ most personal photograph’ – The Guardian

BOOK: Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death - Booktopia

Article: What Do Animals Know About Death? - NYTimes

Pope Francis’ Funeral, a Visual Guide – BBC News & on ABC IView

TED MED Talk: A burial practice that nourishes the planet, Caitlin Doughty

Pre-VAD & Post-VAD Support Groups – Dying with Dignity

Design + Death Beyond the Grave, Open House Melbourne and Design Week Melbourne. Four events over 15-25 May.

Call for Abstracts: Young children’s perspectives on (multispecies) death and dying. Due 15 May, e: deathandchildren@gmail.com Submission info HERE

Call for papers: The Journal of Disappearance Studies, first issue. Info e: jds-editorial@bristol.ac.uk Info HERE

Research Degree Opportunity: Do-It-Yourself Commemoration of the Dead with DeathTech team at Uni of Melb. Full-funded PhD scholarship, e: nansenb@unimelb.edu.au EOIs due 31 May. Info HERE

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REMINDERS: TONIGHT – NDAN Panel discussion on Limited Tenure Burial, Mon 28 April, 6pm AEST, online. Book HERE TOMORROW – Info session on hosting a Dying To Know Day event, Tues 29 April, 1-1:45pm AEST, online. Register HERE SATURDAY - Northern Arts Hotel Castlemaine, Sat 3 May, 11am-1pm. Details HERE

 TRACKS: Dying – XTC / Choc-A-Bloc – Anika / Can’t Say No – Beasts of Bourbon

DEAD AIR #103 by The Departure

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

Miscarriage Information Support Service MISS

I had a miscarriage. Why can't we talk about losing a baby? – The Guardian (video)

Time Immemorial at Bunurong Memorial Park. Part of the Six Feet Under – Design & Death weekend. [11am Memorialisation and Miscarriage panel conversation - with me:)]

BOOK: Briefly, Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur

Going with Grace - website + PBS interview

When children are disappeared from Death by Bec Lyons

PODCAST: SBS Grave Matters. Good Grief: The Importance of Rituals for Healing After Loss 

The Nature Connection Project - contribute stories (even death-related ones!)

The 7th International Symposium of the Death Online Research Network. University of Helsinki, Finland 3-5 October 2024. Abstracts due 26 April.

Death as Protest – A Short History Talk Death Daily Insta

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Si ma chanson pouvait – Valerie Lagrange / R Die Glatze – Klaus Beyer