Připravil Torquil MacLeod.
Hovoří Laura O’Brien.
Natočeno 2018. Premiéra 14. 11. 2018 (BBC Radio 3, 22:00 h).
Lit.: anonym: Death rituals. In web BBC, 14. 11. 2018 (článek+ nahrávka k poslechu). – Cit.: From death cafes to bronze age burials, C19 mourning rings to the way healthcare professionals cope when patients die. Eleanor Barraclough looks at research showcased in the Being Human Festival at UK universities.
Laura O’Brien at Northumbria University is running a death cafe and looking at the way celebrities can „live on“ after their death. New Generation Thinker Danielle Thom works at the Museum of London and has been researching the history behind some of the jewelry in their collection. Duncan Garrow from Reading University is leading a major research project into prehistoric grave goods. Medical historian Agnes Arnold-Forster has been asking surgeons and other health professionals about how they deal with death.
The Being Human Festival organises free events based on research into the Humanities at universities around the UK. It runs from Nov 15th – 24th 2018 https://beinghumanfestival.org/
Producer: Torquil MacLeod