A Story of Endings - Film Screening and Panel

Join the DeathTech Research Team and filmmaker Lucy Pijnenburg to enjoy and discuss her film A Story of Endings, exploring changing deathcare practices and the work of four death doulas in Victoria, Australia. A panel discussion will follow the film.

Participants are also invited to join us and continue the conversation for after-screening drinks at University House, a short walk from Arts West.

The film-maker

Lucy Pijnenburg is an independent filmmaker with an interest in character-driven stories that explore the many sides of being human. Her work has been shown at SXSW 2024, Hot Docs 2024, MQFF 2021 and SKFF 2021. She was selected as a Leading Light participant at the 2023 Australian International Documentary Conference.

Death Tech Research Team

The DeathTech Research Team is a group of anthropologists, social scientists and human-computer interaction specialists based at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. The team have been studying questions at the intersection of death, technology, and society for more than a decade.

The DeathTech Research team has a new ARC Discovery research project:

• Do-It-Yourself Commemoration of the Dead is a project examining the shift to new DIY deathcare practices (such as ‘direct’ cremation without ceremony, creative treatment of ashes, and alternative body disposal arrangements). This grounded interdisciplinary study will produce critical insights on how diverse groups are navigating choices at the end of life as well as the impacts of these DIY practices on the deathcare industry in Australia.
  

Please visit our website to learn more about the team and past projects.