Death and Culture Network (DaCNet)

Description

The Death and Culture Network based at the University of York seeks to explore and understand cultural responses to mortality. It focuses on the impact of death and the dead on culture, and the way in which they have shaped human behaviour, evidenced through thought, action, production and expression. The network is committed to promoting and producing an inter-disciplinary study of mortality supported by evidence and framed by theoretical engagement.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2016

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University affiliation(s)

University of York
York

Partner Infrastructures

Centre for Death and Society (CDAS)

The Centre for Death and Society provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to share their expertise in death, dying and bereavement. The Centre for Death and Society was established in Septem… read more about Centre for Death and Society (CDAS)

Bath

Open Thanatology Research Group

Open Thanatology is the Open University’s interdisciplinary research group for the study and education of death, dying, loss and grief across the life course. Formally renamed in 2020, the group… read more about Open Thanatology Research Group

Glasgow End of Life Studies Group

A million deaths occur worldwide each week, and this number is expected to almost double by 2055. With the global aging population and evolving patterns of mortality and morbidity, the care of individ… read more about Glasgow End of Life Studies Group

Glasgow

Mummy Research Group

The University of York's Mummy Research Group brings together expertise from the departments of Archaeology, Biology and Chemistry working closely with colleagues in museums and universities around th… read more about Mummy Research Group

York

Cemetery Research Group

The Cemetery Research Group website supports academics with an interest in societal responses to mortality. The website includes a fully interactive international and interdisciplinary bibliography, a… read more about Cemetery Research Group

Partner Universities

Falmouth University

The Open University

University of Bath

University of Glasgow