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Abstract

In the context of a wider literature on ‘deathscapes’, we map the emergence of a new mode of burial and remembrance in Britain. Since a ‘green’ burial ground was established in Carlisle in 1993, sites for so-called ‘green, ‘natural’ or ‘woodland’ funerals have proliferated. There are now over 270 such sites in Britain. Drawing on a postal and email survey sent to all managers/owners and visits to 15 green burial grounds (enabling observations and semi-structured interviews with their managers), we chart their growth, establishment and regulation and describe the landscapes associated with them. This requires, and leads to, wider reflections on nature, capital, consumption, culture and the body.

DOI

10.1111/geoj.12087

Publication Date

2015-06-18

Publication Title

Geographical Journal

Volume

181

Issue

2

ISSN

0016-7398

Keywords

Biopolitics, Culture, Deathscapes, Green/natural/woodland burials, Nature, Sustainability

First Page

172

Last Page

184

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