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I'm a PhD student researching the role of the archaeological dead in contemporary British society. Think of this as a scrapbook of all the interesting links, snippets of information and random bits and bobs I come across pertaining to death, dying and the dead. Enjoy?!

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    Canapé, 2011 - These chairs are stuffed with human fat... Palaces, 2009 - 2015 - This piece is made from resin and milk teeth! Children can donate their pearly whites to the exhibition and they will be incorporated into this amazing sculpture. Diagram of a Summer House, 2012 - Dental casts! Trophies of Empire III Moon, 2012 Femoral casts!

    A few snaps I took at The Wasted Works at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. This was an exhibition by Gina Czarnecki that explored the life-giving potential of ‘discarded’ body parts, as well as their relationship to myths, history, stem cell research and notions of what constitutes informed consent. It’s off to Coventry next and is definitely worth a peep if you’re in the vicinity!

    You can see a few more photographs on my Flickr.

    (Source: xmorbidcuriosityx)

    Meet the brain donors...

    Via the BBC News Website

    Twelve elderly people - all of whom have chosen to give their brains to neuroscience upon their deaths - have agreed to waive their right to donor anonymity for a new exhibition that combines art and science.

    The participants - five of whom have already died - want to increase understanding about dementia, and had already agreed to allow their brains to be studied for physical signs of the disease, even though they might not, while alive, have outward symptoms.

    Mind Over Matter, which opens in London this week, looks at the donors’ past lives and tries to demystify what happens in brain bank laboratories. It was put together by artist Ania Dabrowska and Dr Bronwyn Parry from Queen Mary, University of London.