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Death and Events This unique volume examines death from a socio-cultural events perspec- tive. Drawing on the empirical and conceptual work produced by an in- ternational body of researchers, it is the first publication to look at death, dying, memorialization, and their mediation, from an events orientation. By placing the contribution of these scholars together, this book pro- vides a unique opportunity to instigate an international, critical discussion, around the connectivities associated with death and events. Chapters con- sider connections to death and events on many levels, including individual, local, communally based, construals of the event landscape; the relation- ship between death and events in larger socio-cultural frames of reference. Chapters also consider how death and events are manifest through diverse platforms of mediation, with a discussion of the media presentation of end of life events, and the articulation of death online. Case studies from a wide-ranging selection of countries, from Moscow to Bangladesh to Cam- bodia, are examined throughout. This will be of great interest to upper-level students and researchers in event studies as well as a variety of other disciplines such as sociology and cultural studies. Ian R Lamond is a senior lecturer in event studies, teaching on a variety of modules within the School of Events, Tourism, and Hospitality Man- agement at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He is interested in developing a critical approach to event studies that can act as a post-disciplinary con- ceptual framework. His research interests are concerned with applying the concept of event to a wide range of fields, including anthropology; business and management studies; political and cultural studies; psychoanalysis; and sociological theory. Ruth Dowson has over 25 years’ professional experience in events management and has been a Senior Lecturer at the UK Centre for Events Management, Leeds Beckett University, UK since 2007. Ordained in the Church of England in 2012, her academic research combines her passion for church and events. Ruth’s published research interests focus on events and church, the eventiza- tion of faith, venuefication, and the use of religious buildings for events. 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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Lamond, Ian R., editor. | Dowson, Ruth, editor. Title: Death and events : international perspectives on events marking the end of life / edited by Ian R. Lamond and Ruth Dowson. Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. | Series: Routledge advances in event research series | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021021879 (print) | LCCN 2021021880 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367725600 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367725631 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003155324 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Death—Social aspects—Cross-cultural studies. | Funeral rites and ceremonies—Cross-cultural studies. | Mourning customs—Cross-cultural studies. Classification: LCC GN485.5 .D43 2022 (print) | LCC GN485.5 (ebook) | DDC 306.9—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021021879 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021021880 ISBN: 9780367725600 (hbk) ISBN: 9780367725631 (pbk) ISBN: 9781003155324 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003155324 Typeset in Times New Roman by codeMantra Ian R Lamond To all of my dear friends in SP - quando o mundo está de cabeça para baixo, devemos nos tornar os mutantes. In solidarity. Ruth Dowson For Aria Rose, the newest generation: fulfilment of a promise, hope abounds. Contents List of figures ix List of tables xi List of contributors xiii 1 Introduction 1 IAN R LAMOND AND RUTH DOWSON 2 Funerals as a social process: rituals and symbols in rural and urban funerals 13 IRINA ZAMFIRACHE 3 Dying with dignity: perception of good death among the Santals of Bangladesh 26 SHAIKH MOHAMMAD KAIS 4 Memorial space of the necropolis: the case of Novodevichy Cemetery 48 MARIA KUCHERYAVAYA 5 Death, trauma, and the ‘event’ 63 ARNAR ÁRNASON AND SIGURJÓN BALDUR HAFSTEINSSON 6 Ritualized death in Eastern and Islamic culture: “Taste of Cherry” 80 MIKAIL BOZ AND RIFAT BECERIKLI 7 Burdened with the memories of death: an autoethnographic account of the real and the imagined deaths 97 KHYATI TRIPATHI 8 Living in ‘limbo’: death in everyday Sundarbans 113 PRAMA MUKHOPADHYAY viii Contents 9 Reframing grief in Colombian armed conflict: performativities of the photographic image in processes of civil resistance in the Magdalena Medio zone (Cimitarra Valley) 130 CAROLINA SOURDIS AND ANDRÉS PEDRAZA TABARES 10 The role of cultural institutions in navigating transnational social spaces of cosmopolitan memory: a reading of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum 149 LAURA SUYIN HALLENSLEBEN 11 Remember your brothers: memory and inspiration in the video- testaments of the Islamic State 164 GIUSEPPE PREVITALI 12 The assisted dying movement: how media platforms influence our response to events that challenge the boundaries of contemporary social control 177 RHONA WINNINGTON 13 Conclusion 194 RUTH DOWSON Index 213 Figures 3.1 Santal women with kids 31 3.2 A Christian church in Dangapara 35 4.1 Souvenir shop, vending machines and a map. (Author’s photo.) 51 4.2 Visitors watching at the grave of Yuriy Nikulin. (Author’s photo.) 54 4.3 Boris Yeltsin’s grave. (Author’s photo.) 56 4.4 Lyudmila Gurchenko’s grave (right) at the newest part of the cemetery. (Author’s photo.) 58 7.1 An open wood pyre cremation taking place on Manikarnika Ghat in Benaras 104 7.2 A Ghat worker carrying a load of ashes from the burnt pyres to be immersed in the Ganges 105 7.3 Personification of Corona in the Painting. (Created by the author.) 109 8.1 The traditional fisher of the Sundarbans. (Author’s photo.) 115 8.2 Death certificate of a ‘tiger accident’ victim. (Author’s photo.) 121 8.3 At the jetty of Bandhob-Pur. (Author’s photo.) 123 9.1 Nelcy Cuesta’s portrait made by the ACVC 137 9.2 Omaira Murcia’s photo-montage made by her son as a post- mortem tribute 138 9.3 Women around the flag painted for the 1st Meeting of Women held in The Magdalena Medio where we can see Nelcy’s and Omaira’s visage. (Photography by CESPAZ.) 141 9.4 Nelcy’s original photograph as preserved today in the Cuesta’s family album 142
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