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“Point of Departure”
Memory processes have been imagined and communicated through a variety of spatial and visual metaphors that construct an architecture of internal memory places. What are the relationships between internal states that configure memories and the material spaces of external lived environments, with particular reference to connections maintained between the living and the deceased? How are…
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“Entrance and Exit”
If birth as the entrance to life is fraught with complexities, death as the opposite must surely be a less than straightforward process of leaving the world. The interaction of physiological, social and psychological conditions underlying birth suggests that each person’s identity reflects the multiple levels of experience that determine his or her emergent path…
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“Dylar”
Why do we have such a negative reaction to death? Why is it even necessary to imagine the possibility of Dylar? “Remember the saucer-shaped pill?” “Of course,” she said. “A super piece of engineering.” “I found out what it’s designed to do. It’s designed to solve an ancient problem. Fear of death. It encourages the…
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“Transition Moment”
Exploring “Self” through “Death” Death is a phase of transition involving loss and adjustmentand throughout this study we examine the ways in which memorycomes into play as an important aspect of the process of dying, mourningand grief. Facing death, either of the self or of others, has come toentail ritualized social practices that mobilize domains…
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“From Place to Place(s)”
What Can We Gain Through Cultural Exchange? When individuals move to a new place, they bring with them a collection of cultural “seeds” that carry their identity, memories, and experiences from their journey—not just from their original home but from everywhere they’ve been. These seeds influence the new context they enter, adding to the cultural…