Kelli Swazey: Life that doesn't end with death
Kelli Swazey: La vita che non finisce con la morte
Kelli Swazey examines how religious and spiritual practices form group identity, and play a vital role in structuring the interactions of individuals within a culture. Full bio
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sono intimi con la morte
nella vita delle persone,
e nemmeno le cene in famiglia,
in un sistema di debiti reciproci
che sta intorno alla morte,
condivisa pubblicamente.
la nostra mortalità nel mondo occidentale.
come un'esperienza universale,
nelle diverse parti del mondo.
chiamata tongkonan.
dalla nascita alla morte.
la condizione dell'edificio
la morte fisica di una persona,
"to makala", persona malata,
sta svolgendo la transizione
qualcuno di voi in questo momento.
questa idea di relazione duratura
il rapportarsi al defunto
che sono già state sepolte,
pensano a chi sono,
i nostri cari nel futuro.
della morte in questo luogo:
di fronte alle malattie debilitanti
riguardo la propria salute
nella propria vita,
il canto della loro vita.
se sono spaventata o disgustata
che trasforma profondamente,
nel sistema sanitario statunitense,
di allungare la vita.
non solo come processo biologico
nel sistema sanitario statunitense,
che il modo in cui limitiamo
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kelli Swazey - AnthropologistKelli Swazey examines how religious and spiritual practices form group identity, and play a vital role in structuring the interactions of individuals within a culture.
Why you should listen
Kelli Swazey is fascinated by two big questions: how do we know who we are, and how does our identity shape interactions with others? As a cultural anthropologist, Swazey has explored these ideas by researching how religion, spirituality and politics define society in Indonesia, where she has lived for more than 10 years. Swazey is currently a lecturer at the Center for Cross-Cultural and Religious Studies at Gadjah Mada University.
In her research, Swazey has looked at Christian-Muslim relations in North Sulawesi, documented Indonesian church services in New England and taken an interest in the funeral practices in Tana Toraja, located in eastern Indonesia. Her husband is an ethnic Torajan, and Swazey found herself fascinated by his stories of playing with his grandfather long after he was dead. Examinging the way Torajans make death a unique part of village life has deeply influenced her own thoughts on the end of life, she says. This is why she loves anthropology: because thinking about human difference has the power to teach us about ourselves.
Swazey has also embarked on an unusual cultural tour of Indonesia: she is learning to sing a song from every province.
Watch Swazey's TEDxUbud 2018 talk here.
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