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National Science Foundation Grant Research on Funerary Ritual Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Category: Dispatches from the Field

    Field Notes from ‘In America, how could this happen…’

    In a way, these two signs create a moment of ironic condemnation. These are two institutions toward which many Americans look for safety and yet suspended between them is a representation of a quarter-million deceased citizens.

    27 Feb 202128 Feb 2021 by ritualsinthemaking

    ‘When Everything is Stripped Away, What is Left is All We Really Need’

    “I cut sprigs and then tucked them in the grave by the coffin. I think these were more meaningful than store-bought flowers because they were her flowers. Her azaleas.”

    26 Feb 202127 Feb 2021 by ritualsinthemaking

    ‘These Are Grievous Times’: In Memoriam at a Lutheran Church in Upstate New York

    “One of the most important human things we do is honor our dead and grieve.”

    26 Feb 202128 Feb 2021 by ritualsinthemaking

    From Croatia to Rhode Island and Back: Struggling to Celebrate a life during the Pandemic

    “I also want to celebrate my mom’s life and I’m afraid Zoom would just be about her death. My parents had a beautiful life.”

    26 Feb 20211 Mar 2021 by ritualsinthemaking

    When One Cannot Sit Shiva

    When we spoke to Emma, a 27 year-old social work student in Manhattan, she was still feeling overwhelmed by the deaths of her two grandfathers, Bob and Marty. She was also overwhelmed by the rules Jewish funerals necessitated.

    26 Feb 202127 Feb 2021 by ritualsinthemaking

    Photos from Reflections: Community Event for the National COVID Memorial

    As with so much of this research, we often find ourselves drawn into the very ‘rituals in the making’ that we seek to understand.

    26 Feb 202127 Feb 2021 by ritualsinthemaking

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