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/