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Remembering And Forgetting: The Commemoration Of The First World War And The Spanish Influenza Pandemic In Salt Lake City, Utah, Bethany Kathleen Gustafson
Remembering And Forgetting: The Commemoration Of The First World War And The Spanish Influenza Pandemic In Salt Lake City, Utah, Bethany Kathleen Gustafson
Theses and Dissertations
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, American culture has experienced a renewed interest in pandemic events, including the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. Based on research carried out in cemeteries and monuments in Salt Lake City, Utah, this paper compares commemoration practices relating to the Spanish Influenza pandemic and the simultaneous events of First World War within the city. Such research provides evidence that warfare enjoys a greater presence in places of social memory than does disease, suggesting an inequality in the cultural value placed on different causes of death. This outcome is the result of numerous factors and …
Beyond Burial - Transforming Death: A New Ritual Of Farewell And The Ecological Return Of The Body To Nature, Chang Xie
Masters Theses
Burial and funeral culture have been shaped by human self-awareness and reflect an anthropocentric worldview. The modern funeral industry's multi-billion-dollar enterprise is based on the principle of protecting, sanitizing, and beautifying the corpse to promote the idea of human exceptionalism. However, this practice overlooks the natural process of decay and the potential beauty in returning the body to the earth, with which the body shares the same chemical basis as the earth itself. Modern science has provided Eco-friendly green burial methods, such as soil modification, ice burial, and water burial, making it suitable to contribute to natural ecology using human …
Experiencing The Space: Visiting Cemeteries On All Saints’ Day And An Ordinary Day, Krzysztof T. Konecki
Experiencing The Space: Visiting Cemeteries On All Saints’ Day And An Ordinary Day, Krzysztof T. Konecki
The Qualitative Report
This paper is a description of collaborative research that was done together with students during the class “Contemplative Sociology. Experiencing Self, No-Self and the Lifeworld.” The goal of the research was to introduce the students to the contemplative methods that could be used to research lived experiences and the vision of the lifeworld through contemplation of the mind, bodily sensations, and emotions. A project was started on experiencing the cemetery space. The space for experiencing was chosen to sensitize the students to concerns (such as death, religious holidays, everyday life, suffering, etc.) that could be investigated from the first-person perspective …
Film Review: The Impure: An Abolitionist Documentary Film Of The 19th Century Traffic In Jewish Women, Caroline Norma
Film Review: The Impure: An Abolitionist Documentary Film Of The 19th Century Traffic In Jewish Women, Caroline Norma
Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence
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Discovering Historical Data In Clark County: Sociology Of Research Methods, Layten Moseley
Discovering Historical Data In Clark County: Sociology Of Research Methods, Layten Moseley
Scholars Day
Learning how to conduct studies using ARC GIS mapping, enabled this class to gain a new perspective of the historical significance of Clark County. Becoming educated in this software, along with obtaining a deeper knowledge of the history in Clark County, has enabled integration and appreciation for the community and higher learning.
Identity Denied: Gravestones As Collectibles., Gary Foster, William Lovekamp
Identity Denied: Gravestones As Collectibles., Gary Foster, William Lovekamp
Faculty Research and Creative Activity
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The Cast-Iron Grave Cover: A Case Of Mistaken Identity And Identity Found, Gary Foster, William Lovekamp, Steven Di Naso, Grant Woods
The Cast-Iron Grave Cover: A Case Of Mistaken Identity And Identity Found, Gary Foster, William Lovekamp, Steven Di Naso, Grant Woods
Faculty Research and Creative Activity
An object, tentatively identified as a cast-iron casket lid, appeared to be eroding out of the ground in an east-central Illinois rural cemetery. Appropriate authorities were notified in the anticipation of re-interment, but subsequent research determined that the object was a cast-iron grave cover, a rare and scarcely recognized mortuary accoutrement. The revelation afforded the opportunity to systematically examine a mid-nineteenth centurydeath custom and artifact, and to ultimately reunite the grave cover and its associated grave with its dislocated gravestone.
Disasters And Cemeteries: A Clarion Call For Matters Of Grave Urgency, Gary Foster, William Lovekamp
Disasters And Cemeteries: A Clarion Call For Matters Of Grave Urgency, Gary Foster, William Lovekamp
Faculty Research and Creative Activity
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