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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Memento Mori"”.
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‘Memento Mori’… Remember You Will Die: Memorializing the Dead in the Digital Age
… of this study is to investigate contemporary memorialization techniques involving both material and digital objects and chart the ephemera of hauntological perpetuity that drive modern-day memorialization choices and practices. Situating these modern-day techniques within the lineage of …
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An investigation into the cultural meanings of contemporary mourning and memento mori jewellery (London 1980-2008)
… historical precedents, particularly mourning and memento mori jewellery, which had fallen out of use by the early twentieth century. The return of this imagery in late twentieth century jewellery might suggest a revival of older, obsolete rituals of death and mourning, and imply changes in popular …
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Mourning at Mount Vernon: Memory, Commemoration, and Thanatourism in the Creation of Nineteenth-Century American Identity
… historic site dedicated to promoting patriotic memories of the American Revolution during the Sectional Crisis, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age which resulted in building national identity focused on sacrifice to the nation. As the plantation is also the site of George Washington’s Tomb, I contend …
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Architecture towards a good death | The landscape of the dead in the world of the living
… the acts encircling interment, celebrations, memorializations and rituals. It has been split into two main programs; one a symbol of welcoming for both casual visitors and those with a ritual purpose and the other a centre for those in all stages in life to come and leave a less tangible piece …