Before having the privilege of hearing the many lectures and comments in this course, the first word association that sprang to our minds when DEATH was mentioned
Satoshi Hisa In film coloquilium in November, I impressed with the scene of short movie of executing of princess of England, and movies of killing elephant. This is because we can acknoledge the impact of modern technology on death and syin
Satoshi Hisa In lecture of "Global Trandformation of Intimate Relations in 21century, Daane di Mauro invesitgates the dynamic change of personal relationship in the context of globalization. She proposes a cros cultural perspective for
I would like to share my experience about cremation in Buddhism. John lecture that some religion such as Chatolic does not allow to have cremation because it destroys the body. The cremation may not popular in United States but in Thailand, cre
I would like to response to Margaret lecture on 2 interesting issues that she gave in class. First, when she discussed the issue of suicide in Vienna. She told about that people in that context believed that they have&
Monday night I saw the new film Stranger Than Fiction starring Will Ferrell. I thought it was going to be a lighthearted comedy, and for the most part it was. However, as the movie progressed, the topic of death became the central focus
Dear Students,I thought it might interest you to have this information about funeral rituals in China which was sent to me by a student from the University of Beijing -- WendyDate: Sat, 11 Nov 2006
Congratulations to Group 5 for winning funding for its project, From Mozart to Metallica: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Music, Death, and Society, to be held on April 20-21, 2007.
I would like to share some experience that I got from the film colloquium. There is one part of the lecture represent the death in the American silent film. The film Country Doctor (1909) is really touch my heart. It rep