Look carefully. The inscriptions you’re reading are on the back of the gravestones. And the inscriptions on the front? They’re much, much newer.
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Sound Memories is a series of sonic portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. I spoke with Wayne, a gravedigger, about why he stays in a job that some might consider grim.
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The UK is running out of space to bury the dead. But why does this matter? Cemetery manager Ariaf Hussain and urban planner Katie McClymont explain why we need to adapt our cemeteries if we hope to make our countries more inclusive and equitable.
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Sound Memories is a series of audio portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. I spoke with Ariaf, who manages all of Bristol, England’s public cemeteries and crematories, about the future of cemetery space and the importance of cemetery accessibility.
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How can we use public memorials, cemetery records, and digital archives to gain a more complex understanding of “the war to end all wars?”
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Sound Memories is a series of audio portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. I spoke with Fabiola, Carmen, Danielle, Efrain, and Louise as they prepared for Día de Muertos in a Bristol cemetery.
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Sound Memories is a series of audio portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. I spoke with Adela in her office at the historic and active Arnos Vale Cemetery in the Southwest England city of Bristol.
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Sound Memories is a series of audio portraits portraying varying perspectives on how and where we remember the dead in our changing world. I spoke with Steve on a crisp autumn day in the crumbling St. Mary Redcliffe cemetery in Bristol, England.
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You might think it’s strange that I’m spending a year of my life in graveyards. But looking closely at “deathscapes” from across the ages reveal fascinating stories about the living: who we are, where we came from, and what we value. Here are five reasons why cemeteries are crucial spaces for storytellers—and why I’m studying them now.
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1830s London was overrun with dead bodies. It was such a public health crisis that Parliament encouraged the creation of seven sprawling, privately-run cemeteries. Today, Highgate Cemetery (one of the “Magnificent Seven”) showcases the monumental differences between Victorian-era memorial practices and our relationship with death today.
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