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drrenskevisser.bsky.social
Medical Anthropologist & Death Scholar @Oulu uni. Co-host @deathstudiespod (thedeathstudiespodcast.com) Blogger @deadgoodreading (deadgoodreading.com). 🇳🇱 in 🇫🇮
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Attending DDD17? Pre-order a Death Studies Podcast limited edition mug! NB: Collection at DDD17 only :) ko-fi.com/s/d864bdc0c1

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Call for Papers! We are seeking abstracts for a Special Issue on Young Children’s Perspectives on (Multispecies) death and dying Abstract Deadline May 15 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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Call for Papers! We are seeking abstracts for a Special Issue on Young Children’s Perspectives on (Multispecies) death and dying Abstract Deadline May 15 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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New review published in the Social History of Medicine #BookSky academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

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Cancer in English prisons: a mixed-methods study of diagnosis, treatment, care costs and patient and staff experiences www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/HYRT9622

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Interested in Cancer Care in Prison? Read this report www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/HYRT9622

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Exciting new book coming out soon co-edited by Beth and ft. a chapter by @drrenskevisser.bsky.social !

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New month, new episode! We spoke with @totomcgee.bsky.social about his soon to be published book Gone Gone @dukepress.bsky.social on experiencing grief through losing a loved one to drugs and overdose deaths Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 thedeathstudiespodcast.com/todd-meyers/

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Recently @ericaborgstrom.bsky.social and I were interviewed about our book Critical Approaches to Death, Dying and Bereavement’ Listen here 🎧👇 newbooksnetwork.com/critical-app...

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Another wonderful episode from @deathstudiespod.bsky.social. Was lovely that the discussion included the "Envisaging Death: Visual Culture and Dying" book, which I also have a chapter in - "Visualisation of Death in Japan: The Case of the Flight JL123 Crash" (hoodcp.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/v...)

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🎺🎺 CALL FOR PAPERS🎺🎺 Delighted to announce that the Call for Papers for the inaugural Symbols of Mortality Online Conference, in conjunction with Orkney Museum, is now live. Please feel free to re-post, pass on etc. For further details, contact [email protected]

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CfP: WHAI Women’s Experiences Matter: Women & Loss from the Medieval through the Ages carlowcollege.ie/cfp-whai-wom...

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Seems to be a lot of celebrity deaths at the moment. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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This conference is going to be so cool! I'll be speaking about my recent book, including some examples from Orkney, so if you're interested in joining us grab yourself a Free ticket! ✨️🏺 #archaeology #heritage

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'researchers have found that magpies – who cover their dome-shaped nests with branches from thorny bushes to deter egg-thieving predators such as crows – have started ripping out anti-bird spikes to use in their nests.' Magpies rework James C. Scott's Weapons of the Weak... 1/2

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Maggie Nelson’s Bluets taught me a Dutch expression: ‘dat zijn maar blauwe bloempjes’ 📚💙

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First episode of 2025 is out now! We talk to Prof Michele Aaron about filmmaking and the end of life, student activism and Palestine, and death on the screen thedeathstudiespodcast.com/professor-mi...

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Today marks 20 years ago since the tsunami in South East Asia. Sonali Deraniyagala miraculously survived but lost her family. Wave is her moving memoir recounting her experiences and the aftermath of (personal) disaster deadgoodreading.com/wave/

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Please show off your new Holiday book titles 📚💙

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Need to escape your relatives? Hide in the bathroom and listen to our latest episode! 🎄⭐️💙📚 thedeathstudiespodcast.com/deathxdesign...

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Hi Bluesky friends! Just wanted to share my recent blog post with @helsinkiuni.bsky.social Digital Death (DiDe) research consortium. In this piece, I draw from our forthcoming study on how TikTok is emerging as a space for sharing experiences of grief and loss: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

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What do you think? Field or discipline

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What do you think? Field or discipline

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My Oulu Uni Researcher Profile has been live for little over a week, and the reviewer requests are rolling in… maybe I should have remained untraceable 😂 www.oulu.fi/en/researche...

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An absolute classic episode

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Call for Papers: New insights into Scottish Deathways

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Ru is wonderful. One of my highlights of this year was our in conversation at Conway Hall. Do listen and check out his book 👇

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⭐️🎄🎁 Day 1 🎁🎄⭐️ The Death Studies Podcast advent 2024 Today we celebrate the release of our final episode of the year! The episode offers highlights of the DEATHxDESIGNxCULTURE conference -were you there? 🎁🎄Sharing is caring 🎄🎁 open.spotify.com/episode/1Efb...

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Final episode of 2024 out now!

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Do you have something to say about the politics of death? The call for papers and panels for DDD17 next August closes TOMORROW. All details of how to submit are here. ddd17.sites.uu.nl/call-for-par...

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This project seems like a life time ago , but if you’re interested in cancer care in prison give this paper a read! www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

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