From Silence to Celebration: Public Death and Mourning in Iranian Shia Culture
Islamic rites of death in Iran are almost as old as Islam itself. Since accepting the Shia religion–as opposed to the majority Sunni ...
Culture & Politics
TalkDeath 2025 Halloween Cemetery Scavenger Hunt
The TalkDeath Cemetery Scavenger Hunt encourages people to appreciate and learn about local cemeteries and their histories. It invites community members to visit ...
Culture & Politics
An Open Book: Book Clubs and Death Awareness
Across the globe, people are pulling up to cemeteries, funeral homes, breweries, and libraries, to read books of their own choosing in companionable ...
Culture & Politics
The Importance of Black Feminine Beautification Rituals for Funerals in American Religion
In the United States, Black communities have not always been granted the right to honor or memorialize their dead. In Clint Smith’s account ...
Culture & Politics
Grief Work: Mourning as Labor in a World That Won’t Stop Working
The compression of grief under neoliberal, capitalist time makes our lives smaller and mourning that much harder.
