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.
Read MoreYou 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.
Read More1830s 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.
Read MoreAs a 2018 - 2019 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow, I will produce "Death in the Digital Age," a podcast and multimedia project about how and where we remember when land is limited and digital memories are everywhere.
Read MoreNothing about this grave tips you off as to why Mr. Jones was better known by his nickname “Fish,” that he kept his beloved lion at home, or that he operated a large, successful zoo by Minnehaha Falls.
Read MoreBeginning long before his famous 1948 DNC speech about Civil Rights, Humphrey learned from tireless Twin Cities African American Civil Rights leaders who were willing to teach him about their experiences.
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