“The Stars Look Very Different Today”: Celebrity Veneration, Grassroot Memorials and the Apotheosis of David Bowie

Graves-Brown, Paul; Orange, Hilary

doi:10.1080/17432200.2017.1270590

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“…A similar phenomenon can be identified with the discussion of celebrity deaths, memorials of which have in recent times become increasingly apotheotic in nature (cf. Graves-Brown and Orange 2017). In an open letter posted to the British Medical Journal online blog, for example, palliative care doctor Mark Taubert (2016) notes how the death of David Bowie helped to facilitate difficult conversations with a terminally ill patient.…”

Section: How Can Archaeology Help? : the Continuing Bonds Projectmentioning

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From Plastered Skulls to Palliative Care: What the Past Can Teach Us About Dealing with Death

Büster

Croucher²,

Dayes³

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Modern, advanced healthcare detects and monitors long-term and life-limiting illness more comprehensively than ever before. Death is now, however, often considered as medical failure, and is a virtually taboo topic of conversation in daily life. At a time when the relevance of archaeology is under scrutiny, the AHRC-funded ‘Continuing Bonds’ project – a collaboration between archaeology and palliative care – explores the potential of the past to promote discussion. Not only does archaeology illuminate the diversity of practice surrounding death, the past provides a safe, distanced platform for considering death, dying and bereavement today. Through archaeological and ethnographic case studies, healthcare professionals explore topics such as place, choice and identity, in both personal and professional life. This paper explores some of the most thought-provoking materials and participant responses, and discusses the implications for contemporary society and for the ways in which archaeologists interpret mortuary practices of the past.

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From Plastered Skulls to Palliative Care: What the Past Can Teach Us About Dealing with Death

Büster

Croucher²,

Dayes³

et al. 2018

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“…The pilgrim within us seeks out sacred (if not extraordinary) experiences in a multitude of spiritual settings, from locations commonly associated with the occult (Rinallo et al , 2016) to ancient histories and esoteric myths (Scott and Maclaran, 2013) and even shamanic travel in the depth of the Amazon jungle (Dean, 2019). As the mundane is commonly sacralised (Belk et al , 1989), we see how the market carves out new sites of pilgrimage, including Christian theme parks (O’Guinn and Belk, 1989), holy-land simulations (Crockett and Davis, 2016), shrines for celebrity culture (Frow, 1998; Graves-Brown, and Orange, 2017), commodified sites for experiencing dark tourism (Sun and Lv, 2021) or (re)enchantments of our past (Goulding et al , 2018) as well as venues of counterculture that act as a respite from our commercial world (Kozinets, 2002). Recent Netflix docuseries, such as (un)well (2020), are a testimony of our hunger for something sacrosanct in the market, as consumers search for healing if not enlightenment from an array of products and services from bee venom to extreme fasting.…”

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Guest editorial: Sacred journeys: moving in, out and around sacred spaces

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2023

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‘Ritual Litter' Redressed

Houlbrook

2022

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Ritual deposition is not an activity that many people in the Western world would consider themselves participants of. The enigmatic beliefs and magical thinking that led to the deposition of swords in watery places and votive statuettes in temples, for example, may feel irrelevant to the modern day. However, it could be argued that ritual deposition is a more widespread feature now than in the past, with folk assemblages – from roadside memorials and love-lock bridges, to wishing fountains and coin-trees – emerging prolifically worldwide. Despite these assemblages being as much the result of ritual activity as historically deposited objects, they are rarely given the same academic attention or heritage status. As well as exploring the nature of ritual deposition in the contemporary West, and the beliefs and symbolisms behind various assemblages, this Element explores the heritage of the modern-day deposit, promoting a renegotiation of the pejorative term 'ritual litter'.

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“The Stars Look Very Different Today”: Celebrity Veneration, Grassroot Memorials and the Apotheosis of David Bowie

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

From Plastered Skulls to Palliative Care: What the Past Can Teach Us About Dealing with Death

From Plastered Skulls to Palliative Care: What the Past Can Teach Us About Dealing with Death

Guest editorial: Sacred journeys: moving in, out and around sacred spaces

‘Ritual Litter' Redressed

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