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What Remains is a Substantial Research Project covering the subject of non-transplant tissue donations through an anthropological lens. Using ethnography and critical medical anthropology, this podcast examines issues of bodily autonomy and body commodification, exploitation of marginalized groups in medicine, the disruption of deathcare institutions by capitalistic interests, and the modern death activism movement.
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Episode 5: Covid
This episode explores how Covid has impacted deathcare in the U.S., how this speaks to pre-existing structural issues our mortuary industries, and what solutions death activists are looking towards.
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Art is by Inky
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Episode 4: Body Brokering
This episode examines the influence of for-profit interests on body donation through the body brokering industry.
A transcript and sources for this episode can be found here
Art is by Inky
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Episode 3: History of Cadaver Research
This episode examines the roots of exploitation in biomedical cadaver research and how marginalized communities have disproportionately been impacted by sciences need for bodies.
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Episode 2: Anthropological Literature
This episode covers previous anthropological discussions on issues of commodifying the body, bodily autonomy, and what it means when our bodies have uses that aren't tied to our conscious self.
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Episode 1: Introduction
Welcome to What Remains. This episode introduces the topic of non-transplant body donation, background information on the subject, and methods for this project.
A transcript and sources for this episode can be found here
Art is by Inky
Music is by Ch6K0r