Resources from the March 2023 Death Cafe

Here are the links from tonight's Death Cafe.


*Reminder that we're just pulling these links without knowing much about them.

Death Cafes do not promote any services or products.


Media

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_(2017_film)

https://www.powells.com/book/american-book-of-the-dead-9780895560513

Culture

https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/victorian-murder-collectibles-and-our-enduring-fascination-with-true-crime/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/blame-the-amygdala/201809/the-appeal-necrophilia

CW: contains images of the dead!
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-village-dead-corpses-dress-up-toraja-indonesia-south-sulawesi-alive-annual-festival-tourist-a7694541.html

https://www.betterplaceforests.com/blog/articles/creating-a-unique-celebration-of-life-pre-death-party

Body Disposition

https://www.everplans.com/articles/green-burial-the-mushroom-death-suit

"Thank you for reading about all of our deaths over the past year and a half!" the band says in an official statement. "This is not a hoax. We've decided to take The Chopping Channel concept to its logical conclusion by 'productizing' an actual band member. It is also a celebration of the degree to which no idea in art was ever off-limits to Don, and offers a literal piece of him, and of his audio art, for the listener to repurpose and reuse. We are pretty sure he would have wanted it this way."
https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/10/18/498411077/new-negativland-album-comes-with-a-bag-of-a-band-members-remains

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/02/human-composting-green-burial-industry-startups-recompose-return-home/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/599295/body-farms-facts

https://boingboing.net/2020/10/02/the-u-s-has-a-lot-of-laws-around-the-possession-and-ownership-of-human-skulls.html

Catholics are forbidden from keeping the ashes of cremated loved ones at home, scattering them, dividing them between family members or turning them into mementos, the Vatican has ruled.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/25/vatican-bans-catholics-cremation-ashes-loved-ones-home

Miscellaneous

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_experience

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/crisis-control/202006/in-praise-gallows-humor

"psychopomp"
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=psychopomp

https://tricycle.org/magazine/death-reflection-meditation/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(personification)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Muerte

https://www.legacy.com/news/culture-and-history/12-apps-for-the-end-of-life/