Professor Michael Arnold

DeathTech Research Group; Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

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Arts & Culture

Remembering and forgetting the dead

Ancient Celtic Halloween ­­– or All Hallow’s Eve ­– was a day to acknowledge the dead. Modern rituals of marking death continue this tradition, both remembering and letting go

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Politics & Society

We need to rethink how we manage deathcare

Australia’s deathcare system is already showing cracks, but the pressures will only worsen, especially as the baby boomer generation takes us into ‘peak death’

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Politics & Society

Want to live forever? Here’s how

‘Communicating’ with the dead is closer than you might think, thanks to our online footprints