DDD17: The 2025 Death, Dying and Disposal Conference
What’s the episode about?
In this episode, get an overview of the 2025 Death, Dying and Disposal Conference held in Utrecht in the Netherlands
What was the conference about?
Below is some information from the conference webite.
‘Death is political and performs the political. This is evident not only in death itself, but also in the dead (who can become political actors), their bodies, the process of dying (which is, amongst others, infrastructurally related to political discourse and inequalities), and bereavement (which can also become a political act). The political aspects of this theme extend beyond national or international political institutions (such as governments, state actors, multinational corporations, or political or religious alliances) to encompass everybody and everything that has to do with (the exercise of) power and moralities, e.g., families, kin, neighbourhoods, friendship networks.
Our time together at DDD17 – as a short, but hopefully (partly) lasting DDD17 community – has come to a close. Over these past days, we’ve explored, listened, debated, and imagined — and we want to thank you for bringing such openness and curiosity to the theme of the Politics of Death.
This may be the end of the conference, but we hope it is only the beginning of conversations on this theme. Let’s continue them in whatever ways we can — in our research, our writing, our teaching, our work, our communities. We hope you are leaving as inspired as we are.
Thanks to everybody who made this conference what is has been. A conference is made by its participants – together we were a fantastic community.
- Have anything to share? Mail us at DDD17@uu.nl and we’ll put it on this website.
- Want to learn more, experience again, and look back? Check our “Conference proceedings” site’
Where can I listen?
How do I cite the episode in my research and reading lists?
To cite this episode, you can use the following citation:
Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. (2025) DDD17. The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 1 October 2025. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.30256387
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