Visual Examples of International Cemetries and grieving/mourning practices
14 May 2017
I put the Kuebler-Ross model into a small diagram/'timeline', also called the DABDA model.
This model is very broad and can be applied to accepting ones own death as a Terminal ill person, the loss of a loved one, the loss of a relationship (breakup, divorce,...) and other scenarios, where losing someone or something is involved.
An example written on Wikipedia (I know not a reliable source, but I'm not putting this particular snippet into my proposal):
Furthermore I have been trying to visualise how different countries are currently remembering the dead, via burial, funeral and grieving/mourning practices. This made clear that the model above is highlighting a very Western thought of how we look at remembering the deceased and that it may not be applicable to those cultures.
Interesting to see were the influence of religion (e.g. cross), above vs. underground graves, the use of colours in alaska and mexico. Especially the use of Indoor Memorial places were interesting to see. I though the one in Tokyo had a very futuristic but still buddhist aesthetic, which was an oddly interesting combination.
Interesting to see here were the difference between colours of clothes white or red compared to black funeral clothing. In particular, in Mexico and India it seemed a very colourful process compared to Asian and Western. The Asian procedure includes food offering and shrines (buddhist), whilst Western countries such as the US are taking the Christian approach of lightening candles
Others:
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-34594256/japan-s-hi-tech-buddhist-cemetery
http://www.taringa.net/posts/info/19401663/La-muerte-del-futuro-Real.html
I put the Kuebler-Ross model into a small diagram/'timeline', also called the DABDA model.
This model is very broad and can be applied to accepting ones own death as a Terminal ill person, the loss of a loved one, the loss of a relationship (breakup, divorce,...) and other scenarios, where losing someone or something is involved.
An example written on Wikipedia (I know not a reliable source, but I'm not putting this particular snippet into my proposal):
Grieving a lost serious relationship
- Denial: The person left behind is unable to admit that the relationship is over. They may continue to seek the former partner's attention.
- Anger: The partner left behind may blame the departing partner, or themself.
- Bargaining: The partner left behind may plead with a departing partner that the stimulus that provoked the breakup shall not be repeated. Example: "I can change. Please give me a chance." Alternatively, they may attempt to renegotiate the terms of the relationship.
- Depression: The partner left behind might feel discouraged that their bargaining plea did not convince the former partner to stay.
- Acceptance: Lastly, the partner abandons all efforts toward renewal of the relationship.
Grieving in substance abuse
- Denial: People feel that they do not have a problem concerning alcohol or other substances. Even if they do feel as if they might have a small problem they believe that they have complete control over the situation and can stop drinking or doing drugs whenever they want. Example: "I don't have to drink all of the time. I can stop whenever I want."
- Anger: The anger stage of abusers relates to how they get upset because they have an addiction or are angry that they can no longer use drugs. Some of these examples include "I don't want to have this addiction anymore." "This isn't fair, I'm too young to have this problem."
- Bargaining: This is the stage that drug and alcohol abusers go through when they are trying to convince themselves or someone else that they are going to stop abusing in order to get something out of it or get themselves out of trouble (or to justify continuing their use of drugs and/or alcohol). Example: "God, I promise I'll never use again if you just get me out of trouble." "...If you let me stay here, I will never do drugs/alcohol again."
- Depression: Sadness and hopelessness are important parts of the depression stage when drug abusers are faced with the reality of living a life without their substance of choice. Most abusers experience this when they are going through the withdrawal stage quitting their addiction.
- Acceptance: With substance abusers, admitting the existence of a problem is different from accepting the problem. When a substance abuser admits that they have a problem, this is more likely to occur in the bargaining stage. Accepting that they have a problem is when you realise that you have a problem and start the process to resolve the issue.[11]
Furthermore I have been trying to visualise how different countries are currently remembering the dead, via burial, funeral and grieving/mourning practices. This made clear that the model above is highlighting a very Western thought of how we look at remembering the deceased and that it may not be applicable to those cultures.
Interesting to see were the influence of religion (e.g. cross), above vs. underground graves, the use of colours in alaska and mexico. Especially the use of Indoor Memorial places were interesting to see. I though the one in Tokyo had a very futuristic but still buddhist aesthetic, which was an oddly interesting combination.
Interesting to see here were the difference between colours of clothes white or red compared to black funeral clothing. In particular, in Mexico and India it seemed a very colourful process compared to Asian and Western. The Asian procedure includes food offering and shrines (buddhist), whilst Western countries such as the US are taking the Christian approach of lightening candles
Others:
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| Israel |
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| Christian Church |
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| Mexico |
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-34594256/japan-s-hi-tech-buddhist-cemetery
http://www.taringa.net/posts/info/19401663/La-muerte-del-futuro-Real.html
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