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Corpse Studies

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Corpse Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the biological, cultural, and ethical dimensions of human cadavers. It encompasses research on decomposition processes, forensic science, anatomical education, and the societal implications of death and dying, contributing to our understanding of mortality and the treatment of human remains.
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Corpse Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the biological, cultural, and ethical dimensions of human cadavers. It encompasses research on decomposition processes, forensic science, anatomical education, and the societal implications of death and dying, contributing to our understanding of mortality and the treatment of human remains.

Key research themes

1. How does mortuary archaeology integrate biological, social, and political dimensions to reconstruct past social systems?

This research theme focuses on the interdisciplinary study of human remains within their burial contexts to infer social structures, identities, and political influences in past societies. It addresses how advances in bioarchaeology (e.g., ancient DNA and chemical analyses) enrich understanding of mobility, social stratification, and relationships alongside the impact of contemporary political and ethical considerations that shape research accessibility and interpretation.

Key finding: This study highlights the evolving analytical approaches in mortuary archaeology, emphasizing new techniques such as ancient DNA and chemical skeletal analyses that have significantly expanded the inferential scope regarding... Read more
Key finding: This paper challenges the common conflation of burial archaeology with the archaeology of death by stressing that most burial research addresses living social identities (e.g., gender, class) via funerary materials rather... Read more
Key finding: By utilizing ethnographic analogy and role theory, this foundational work establishes the relationship between social complexity and variation in mortuary practices, proposing that greater heterogeneity in burial ritual... Read more

2. How do researchers’ perceptions and practices affect the ontological status and ethical handling of human remains in scientific and educational contexts?

This theme interrogates the ways researchers and students engage with and conceptualize human remains, challenging binary human/non-human categorizations and exploring emotional, ethical, and cultural responses to the deceased within anatomy labs, research institutes, and forensic contexts. It also reflects on how these perceptions influence methodological approaches, ethical norms, and knowledge production about death and the dead.

Key finding: Ethnographic fieldwork at the EURAC Institute for Mummies and the Iceman reveals that researchers dissociate ancient human remains from the concept of conventional death, treating them as non-human or differently categorized... Read more
Key finding: Survey data from 480 South African health sciences students demonstrate predominantly positive emotional responses to human dissection, tempered by cultural and religious beliefs impacting perception. Importantly, students’... Read more
Key finding: Survey results from 219 medical students indicate broad recognition of autopsy’s utility in enhancing medical knowledge, clinical correlation, and development of empathy. Students report moderate discomfort with initial... Read more
Key finding: The professional trajectory of Dr. Tidball-Binz highlights how forensic science developed in response to human rights crises, particularly in Argentina, illustrating how scientific methodologies—rooted in ethical commitments... Read more

All papers in Corpse Studies

Death, far from representing a final point, inaugurates unequal paths in the social life of the dead. In modern Western society, who dies, how they die, and which social and political markers cross the deceased in life directly impact the... more
Pendidikan agama Islam sejak dini memiliki peran penting dalam membentuk karakter religius sekaligus menumbuhkan kepedulian sosial anak. Salah satu ajaran yang jarang dikenalkan adalah tajhizul mait atau tata cara pengurusan jenazah.... more
Museum practice in the curation of Indigenous human remains is rightly shifting toward the integration of decolonisation initiatives. This transition has sparked generalised calls for the burial of remains that are currently in museums,... more
Sebagai tahap krusial dalam perawatan akhir seorang Muslim, pemulasaraan jenazah memegang peranan penting dalam pemenuhan hak-hak keagamaan yang diatur dalam syariat Islam. Praktik ini tidak hanya mencakup aspek teknis seperti memandikan,... more
Perawatan jenazah merupakan aspek penting dalam pelayanan kesehatan yang mencerminkan nilai spiritual dan budaya masyarakat. Dalam Islam, pengurusan jenazah merupakan kewajiban kolektif (fardhu kifayah) yang harus dilakukan sesuai... more
Panduan Pemulasaraan Jenazah merupakan pedoman komprehensif yang disusun oleh MA YPP Darul Hikam untuk membantu siswa kelas XII dalam menguasai ujian praktik tata cara pemulasaraan jenazah sesuai ajaran Fikih. Panduan ini menjelaskan... more
Apabila ada seseorang meninggal maka diwajibkan bagi sesama muslim untuk mengurus (men-tajhiz) mayit. Hal tersebut hukumnya fardlu kifayah, yakni apabila sudah dilaksanakan sebagian muslim, maka tidak wajib bagi muslim lainnya.
Kepengurusan jenazah dalam Islam merupakan salah satu kewajiban penting yang mencerminkan nilai ibadah, kemanusiaan, dan solidaritas sosial. Artikel ini membahas prosedur lengkap kepengurusan jenazah sesuai syariat Islam, yang meliputi... more
Kepengurusan jenazah dalam Islam merupakan salah satu kewajiban penting yang mencerminkan nilai ibadah, kemanusiaan, dan solidaritas sosial. Artikel ini membahas prosedur lengkap kepengurusan jenazah sesuai syariat Islam, yang meliputi... more
Our collaborative essay proposes an accompanied expedition into biblical caves and underlandscapes. Simultaneously taking into account and departing from recent biblical scholarship on this topic (Graybill and Sabo 2018; Suriano 2018),... more
Pengurusan jenazah bagi muslim hukumnya fardhu kifayah, dimana salah seorang telah mempelajari ilmu tersebut maka gugur kewajiban bagi yang lainnya. Dan pengurusan jenazah harus sesuai dengan syari’at Islam yang telah di ajarkan atau... more
Pemulasaraan menurut islam dari prespektif fiqh dan kesehatan moderen
Pemulasaraan jenazah menurut islam dari perspektif fiqh dan kesehatan. Pemulasaraan jenazah dalam perspektif fiqh yaitu sebagai pembelajaran hukum islam,memberikan tata cara terkait perawatan jenazah menurut fiqh dalam islam,Pemulasaraan... more
Pemahaman tentang tata cara pelaksanaan salat jenazah dan tata cara pelaksanaan penguburan jenazah sangatlah penting dipahami oleh peserta didik, karena pemahaman tentang konteks pembelajaran ini sangat penting bagi setiap orang karena... more
Selama ini murid banyak sekali yang kesulitan memahami bagaimana mengurus Jenazah. Kompleksitas materi yang diberikan oleh orang yang paham kepada yang belum paham dengan dibantu sebuah buku terkadang sulit sekali untuk dimengerti oleh... more
Adli entomoloji, boceklerin biyolojileri, davranislari ve ekolojileri ile ilgili bilgilerin adli arastirmalarda kullanilmasi olarak tanimlanmaktadir. Bocekler cesedin biyolojik parcalanmasinda onemli ajanlardir, curumenin baslangic... more
This article examines a narrative of the battle of al-Qaṣr al-Kabīr (August 4, 1578) given by Miguel Leitão de Andrade, a combatant, in his Miscellânea do Sitio de Nossa Senhora da Luz do Pedrogão Grande (1629). Throughout his narrative,... more
Vida y sucesos de la monja alférez abounds with dead bodies. Catalina de Erauso (ca. 1592–after 1624) leaves these victims behind as collateral damage of Spanish imperial expansion through the regions that are now Panama, Colombia,... more
The Aljamiado devotional text, 'El alhadis de la calavera que encontró ʿIsa (Account of Jesus and the Skull) occupies four folios in one of two Aljamiado codices held by the Colegio Escuelas Pías in Zaragoza. The manuscript recounts the... more
Aşırı soğukta, insan bedeninin yanı sıra zihin de olumsuz etkilenir. Birey koza durumuna çekilerek çevresinde olup bitenlere tamamen kayıtsız kalabilir ve kendisini dış dünyadan ve birliğinden soyutlayabilir.
In Le Mans in July 1562, the Protestant troops who had been occupying the town left abruptly, and the Catholic population soon developed the tradition that the Huguenots’ panic was due to a miracle performed by the town’s patron saint,... more
Sahip olduğumuz bitki genetik kaynakları, çevresel ve diğer baskılarla genetik erozyona uğramakta ve yok olma tehlikesi ile karşı karşıya kalmaktadır. Özellikle, tarımı yapılan türlere ait bitki genetik kaynaklarındaki çeşitliliğin... more
Ölü insan dokusu, organı, bedeni, belli etik kurallar çerçevesinde olmak koşuluyla, tıp eğitiminde kullanılmaktadır. Bu kullanım öğrencilerin tıbbi bilgi-beceri düzeyinde artış sağlamanın yanı sıra hekim kimliği oluşturmalarına da önemli... more