Summary
Using law as a starting point, this project draws on anthropology, theology, philosophy, medicine, museum studies and other disciplines to critically examine how society navigates human and non-human death, legacy, and the afterlife.
Project overview
This project re-examines legal perspectives on death using insights from other disciplines. It includes consideration of dignity and personality after death (extending to digital afterlife), posthumous ownership issues (e.g. buried goods), and wider non-anthropocentric concepts of death. The project aims to reassess existing legal concepts and boundaries, e.g. delict/tort, succession, property, and data protection, and to incorporate diverse views from anthropology, philosophy, theology and beyond. Over 20 academics with a variety of disciplinary backgrounds are contributing to Death & Law – Interdisciplinary Explorations.
The project extends to several activities, including interdisciplinary workshops, a podcast series (with funding from the Aberdeen Humanities Fund), consultation responses, public engagement and publications. If you would like to learn more or to become involved, please contact us.
Contributors
- Arnar Árnason, University of Aberdeen (Social Anthropology)
- Courtney Crilly, University of Aberdeen (Jurisprudence of Trauma)
- Rebecca Crozier, University of Aberdeen (Archaeology of Human Remains, Death and Burial)
- Neil Curtis, University of Aberdeen (Museum Studies)
- Vikki Entwistle, University of Aberdeen (Philosophy)
- JP Fassnidge, University of Aberdeen (Law and Philosophy)
- Leah Henrickson, University of Queensland (Digital Media)
- Alice Krzanich, University of Aberdeen (History of Law and Emotions)
- Thomas Muinzer, University of Aberdeen (Burial Law, Cultural Heritage Law and Policy)
- Roderick Paisley, University of Aberdeen (Scots Private Law)
- Anna Puzio, University of Twente (Ethics of Technology)
- Jennifer Riley, University of Aberdeen (Religious Studies)
- Hannah Reder, University of Aberdeen (Museum Studies)
- Miroslaw Sadowski, University of Strathclyde (Law and Memory)
- Saskia Vermeylen, University of Strathclyde (Law, Anthropology and Cultural Studies)
- Zeray Yihdego, University of Aberdeen (Humanitarian Law)