Browsing by Subject "sociology of death"

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    Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - Death and the corpse
    (2015-01-21) Levine, Susan
    In this video, Associate Professor Susan Levine introduces the topic of death and the corpse. She outlines how a multi-disciplinary approach will be used to address questions related to the topic and introduces the guest educators who will feature in subsequent videos: Professor Lorna Martin, a forensic pathologist. Professor Deborah Posel, a prominent sociologist. And Kathryn Smith, a fine and forensic artist from Stellenbosch University. This is the first video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The discipline of death
    (2015-01-21) Posel, Deborah
    In this video, Deborah Posel, a sociologist, explores the journey taken by medical professionals as they become familiar with the intimate details of death and dying. She considers how medical students explore the corpse in order to reveal its mysteries and develop their knowledge of the body with the ultimate goal of preserving life. This is the fourth video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 6 - The sociology of death
    (2015-01-21) Posel, Deborah
    In this video, sociologist Deborah Posel, discusses the philosophical implications of death, arguing that death is integral to what we understand by "life". She also discusses the symbolic investment in death in human societies and what the treatment of death can tell is about how societies function. She also focuses on how the corpse is used as a powerful, paradoxical, and sometimes taboo representation of both life and death. This is the second video in Week 6 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.