Brown Bag Talk with Dr. Michelangelo Giampaoli – Necropolitan Ethnographies: Death and life in Chicagoland cemeteries
May 1 - March 20, 2019
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Necropolitan Ethnographies: Death and life in Chicagoland cemeteries
The aim of this project is to carry out an anthropological study of six Chicago cemeteries, asserting itself as an attempt to enhance and promote the social, cultural and educational value of these places. The study intends to highlight the different ways the living people make use of these historic, artistic, religious, green urban spaces, primarily destined to death and the commemoration of the deceased, analyzing rituals and devotional practices as well as other activities - walks, tourism, bird-watching, gardening and so on - that underlie the social importance of the cemeteries in the present era.
The Graduate Anthropology and Geography Association (GAGA) sponsors a year-long series of talks, workshops, and roundtables among our faculty and graduate students. Talks may be a student 'testing out' a presentation, a student or faculty member working through a challenge in their research, or an informal sharing of each other's research. We offer a series of hands-on workshops geared to improve our teaching, applying for jobs, or becoming better presenters. Roundtables are opportunities for graduate students to get together and discuss challenges and solutions for difficult issues from managing the classroom to balancing work and our social lives.
Date posted
Feb 5, 2019
Date updated
Apr 30, 2019