FULL Lecture Notes and Readings for DEATH! ARTS20003

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Full comprehensive notes from a H1 student for Death, ARTS20003, completed semester 1, 2025. Lecture content and readings are organised into the following topics: 1 - Death, the Last Taboo?, inc. Taboo and Modernity 2 - Buddhism and Death, inc. Kobayashu Issa, Fundamentals, Samsara and Buddha 3 - Christianity and Death inc. Symbols 4 - Ancient Rome and Death, inc. Ideas of the Afterlife and Burial Practices 5 - What Death Means Now, inc. the Ages of Dying, Necropolitics, Death Positivity 6 - Dying, inc. VAD, Dead Donor Rule, the RIght to Die 7 - The Corpse, inc. Burial, Cremation, Statistics and Posthumous Changes 8 - Cemeteries and Memorials inc. Churchyards, Memorial Parks 9 - Deathcare Workers, inc. HIstorical Background, Deathcare Sector, Commerce vs Care 10 - Funerals inc. Features of a Good Funeral 11 - Grief, inc. Prolonged Grief Disorder 12 - Immortality and Conclusions, inc. Readings