The Cemetery Research Group runs two events a year: in May and in November. Follow the links and send in an abstract
Equality and rights
Felepchuk, W., Osman, M., & Keller, K. 2022
‘Even in death, we’re being denied our place as human beings’: geographic Islamophobia and Muslim cemeteries in the English-speaking West’, International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 11:1, 121-146.
Hunter, A. 2023
‘Minorities in, minorities out: cemeteries, religious diversity and the French body politic in contemporary and historical perspective’, in A. Maddrell, S. Kmec, T. Uteng, & M. Westendorp, (eds) Mobilities in Life and Death: Negotiating Room for Migrants and Minorities in European Cemeteries, Cham: Springer, 105-121.
Keywords
Juss, S. 2013
‘Sikh cremations and the re-imagining of the clash of cultures’, Human Rights Quarterly, 35, 589-630.
Longoria, T. 2014
‘Are we all equal at death?: Death competence in municipal cemetery management’, Death Studies, 38:6, 355-364.
Manamperi, L. 2023
‘A critical human rights perspective on the Sri Lankan government’s forced cremation policy of COVID-19 deceased in the context of religious majoritarianism’, International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF), 16:1, 105-116.
Poynter, R. & McGuire, R. 1991
‘The archaeology of inequality: material culture, domination and resistence’, in R. Poynter and R. McGuire (eds) The Archaeology of Inequality, Oxford: Blackwell, 1-27.
Keywords
Rugg, J. 2020
‘Social justice and cemetery systems’, Death Studies, 46:4, 861-874.
Rugg, J. 2016
‘Cost, choice and diversity: policy issues in burial and cremation in England’, in L. Foster & K. Woodthorpe (eds) Death and Social Policy in Challenging Times, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 91-109.
