Death, Dying and Disposal
Last month was a conference in Bath, called Death, Dying and Disposal 14 (the 14th time it has happened, not happening in 2014, I'm not...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 11, 2019
- 8 min
In defence of buying a human skeleton
It isn’t about owning a skeleton. It is about access. It is about trust. It is about our shared humanity. It’s about communion with our...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- May 10, 2019
- 1 min
Death Fest 2019!
Death Fest time is here again! Okay, so we never officially called it that. Instead, this month, I've been helping put the final touches...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
Handling death with the death maidens
As arrangements for the Dying for Life event "Things to do when you're dead"* are hotting up, I'm getting out and about talking to people...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jan 13, 2019
- 2 min
Death Wishes
Goodness December was filled with depressing amounts of lying resting on the sofa. Starting to climb out of the fug now, and get active...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 4, 2018
- 2 min
Best story of the month
This month I have been to a number of Death Awareness events: From Selfies to Runes, how do we want to be remembered? Face to Face with...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Aug 10, 2018
- 2 min
Faces of Tutankhamen
Also at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this month (only till 23 September) are some original photos of the tomb of...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Aug 3, 2018
- 2 min
Horn dancing and headdresses
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) has an exhibition based on the Star Carr finds. If you're not familiar with it, it is...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 13, 2018
- 4 min
Things I learnt last week
Last week I spent a couple of days at the Material Bodies conference, where archaeologists and historians got together to share and...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jun 4, 2018
- 1 min
Help a starving artist
Quick blog post to say things are for sale. Specifically, a first opportunity to see and buy four limited edition images from my...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Apr 6, 2018
- 1 min
Dying for a panacea
A quick note to say, if you haven't been lucky enough to receive a panacea cure (available by post up until 2012) from the immortal...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Mar 23, 2018
- 2 min
The dead on display
Summary of the University of Southampton "Skeletons, Stories and Social Bodies" conference 2018: Met some old friends, made some new...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Mar 18, 2018
- 1 min
Packing for social bones
Quick blog to say sorry for being quiet - I've been manning various events in the Cambridge Science Festival, and now am packing pictures...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Dec 18, 2017
- 1 min
Need a last minute present idea?
I interrupt myself and my series on the lovely Ipswich museum with this urgent seasonal message. I had a lovely tour of the Fitzwilliam...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Sep 29, 2017
- 2 min
Curious beasts before the deluge
A belated write up of a lovely afternoon spent in the company of curious beasts at the Whipple Museum as part of Open Cambridge. These...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Sep 1, 2017
- 2 min
Skeleton day trip to meet the public
Last weekend I had a fantastic afternoon meeting people meeting human bones for the first time. It was a free, drop in workshop organised...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Aug 18, 2017
- 3 min
Meeting a new skull
So last month I had a chance to meet a new skull. And was invited by a pro to "say what I see". Let's see what I can tell you about a...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 26, 2017
- 2 min
Timeline of death (in art)
After the wonderful, lovely, joyful, belly laughs of the Death and the Maiden conference, I have been resting. I did present the full...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 15, 2017
- 2 min
The Marathon scale of progressive acceptability
Sorry I've been so quiet recently. I had a long rest after Dying for Life, then a push to write up the final bits for my photography...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- May 22, 2017
- 1 min
Dying for Life was dead good
A very quick post (as I'm still exhausted) to say how brilliant the Dying for Life Event was. Over 150 people came to chat about dying,...
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