Mita Philosophical Society Lecture: "An Exploration of Death Work in a Hyper-Aged, High-Mortality Society: The Current State of Death and End-of-Life Care from the Perspective of the Funeral Industry"
Event Date
Event Venue
July 6, 2017
The Mita Philosophical Society will be holding a lecture as detailed below. All are welcome to attend.
This event is co-hosted with the Keio University Anthropology Research Group.
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Title | An Exploration of Death Work in a Hyper-Aged, High-Mortality Society: The Current State of Death and End-of-Life Care from the Perspective of the Funeral Industry |
Speaker | Daisuke Tanaka (Academic Researcher, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo) |
Moderator | Yuko Mio (Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Letters, Keio University) |
Date & Time | Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM |
Venue | Room 313, 1st Floor, Graduate School Building, Mita Campus, Keio University |
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Abstract
Today in Japan, where the annual number of deaths has surpassed 1.3 million, the socio-cultural systems for dealing with the event of death are also undergoing constant change. In this presentation, we have invited Mr. Daisuke Tanaka, who has conducted research on the funeral industry—a central component of "death work" that deals with death and the deceased. Through a variety of case studies, we hope to reflect on contemporary death and end-of-life care together with the audience.
Speaker Profile
Completed the Doctoral Programs at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo. He is currently an Academic Researcher at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, and holds a PhD (Academic). His major publications include "Ethnography of the Funeral Industry" (The University of Tokyo Press, 2017); "Contemporary Funerals as Life-Ending: Between Ritual and Life Planning" in "Qualitative Psychology Forum" no. 8 (2016); and "Professional Care and Suffering in the Funeral Business: From the Juncture of Occupational Mechanisms Surrounding Death and Funerals" in "The Hope of Suffering," edited by Sachiyo Ukegai (Kyodo-isho Shuppansha, 2014).