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| Grabmal Cohen auf dem Ohlsdorfer Friedhof in Hamburg, Foto Leisner 1994 |
"Transmortality 2017. The Materiality and Spatiality of Death, Burial and Commemoration"
der Universität Luxemburg integriert sein, die vom 3.-4. März 2017 in der Stadt Luxemburg stattfinden wird. Der Internationalität geschuldet ist der Call for Papers (auch als PDF) auf englisch gehalten. Ich erspare es mir ihn zu übersetzen und übernehme ihn von der Website des Kasseler Museums:
Call for papers"Transmortality 2017: The Materiality and Spatiality of Death, Burial and Commemoration
Death, dying and burial produce artefacts and occur in a spatial context. The interplay between such materiality, spatiality and the bereaved who commemorate the dead yields interpretations and creates meanings that can change over time. In this conference, we want to explore this interplay by going beyond the consideration of simple grave artefacts on the one hand and graveyards as a space on the other to examine the specific interrelations between materiality, spatiality, the living and the dead.
We invite papers from all disciplines, from academics and professionals alike, to reflect on the materiality and spatiality of death, burial and commemoration – for example, concerning cemeteries and other spaces of remembrance. We suggest the following non-exhaustive list of themes:
We invite papers from all disciplines, from academics and professionals alike, to reflect on the materiality and spatiality of death, burial and commemoration – for example, concerning cemeteries and other spaces of remembrance. We suggest the following non-exhaustive list of themes:
