I argue here that regulations that were set up to prevent the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus have entered…
Covid-19, death, and repatriation in Southern Africa
repatriation
Dust to dust: A religion of return migration
Below I recount [a] story of death and repatriation in times of Covid-19, not in the voyeuristic manner of mainstream…
The commemorative state, human remains, and the question of missing-ness
We have sought to understand the practices of return and reburial through the concept of forensic history. Here, and influenced…
Ecologies of the dead and living: Mourning out of place
This forum initiates a conversation on the meaning and consequences of death across societies and time periods, drawing together scholars…