Ismo Björn kertoo kuolemasta: tutkittavana ilmiönä en ole kiinnostunut kuolemasta itsessään, vaan olen kiinnostunut muuttuvista hautausmaista, muistomerkeistä, hautausmaakulttuurista ja yhteiskunnasta.
Oleg Reut: – Onko kuolema lähellä? Continue reading “Hautausmaa on kulttuurinen teksti ja poliittinen manifesti: haastateltavana Ismo Björn”
– Is death near?
Death is always nearby. Right now, it seems a bit closer. The Doomsday clock is set to 100 seconds to midnight (since 2020), the worst position since its creation in 1947. We should, however, remember that ‘Memento mori’ is an optimistic motto: Continue reading “After the Victory Day: Interview with Ivan Kurilla”
– Is death near?
Interesting interview technique. Continue reading “Victory Day: Interview with Prof. Paul Goode”
Project Update: Transnational death: practices of death and remembrance in the transnational everyday on the Finnish-Russian border (TraDeBo)
“The death is getting nearer day by day” – Paraphrase of the song by Boris Grebenshtshikov The Sky is getting nearer
How can cemeteries be tourist attractions? What is behind the increasing demand for new sensations and knowledge, behind the search for weird, unusual and unique memories? What kind of ideas explains clients’ willingness to visit such dark places? Continue reading “Nine Questions about Cemetery Tourism”
By Oleg Reut
In February State Duma deputies intend to submit a bill on the funeral business in Russia and make funerals a public service, Vedomosti business daily reports. In the Soviet era, the state was responsible for all funerals, but this mortuary monopoly was abolished after the USSR’s collapse.
