ACHLR and ADSS Public Lecture

The Social Life of Death

The Australian Centre for Health Law Research and the Australian Death Studies Society will host Professor Alex Broom from the University of Sydney for a public lecture on 'The Social Life of Death'.

Abstract

As the social world changes, so too are people’s experiences at the end of life, with legal, cultural, economic and ecological shifts each playing a critical role in mediating our final months, weeks and days. Drawing on the experiences of Australians reaching the end of their lives, in this talk I move between their experiences of dying, and the social, cultural, economic and planetary landscapes which structure them. I frame this in terms of the need to care for death and dying, which involves remembering their value not just managing their complexities.

Speaker Biography - Professor Alex Broom PhD

Alex Broom is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney. He is recognised as an international leader in sociology, with a specific interest in health, illness and care. His work takes a person-centred approach, qualitatively exploring the intersections of individual experience and social, political and economic context.