{"id":95666,"date":"2023-08-14T14:36:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T12:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event-digital&p=95666"},"modified":"2023-12-15T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T09:36:55","slug":"death_matters","status":"publish","type":"event-digital","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/digitales-angebot\/digital-en\/death_matters-95666\/","title":{"rendered":"Death_Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the occasion of the Humboldt Forum’s current special exhibition, in_finite. Living with Death<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (until 26 November 2023), the journalist and death counsellor Lydia Heller<\/strong> and the archaeologist Pablo Nina<\/strong> visit selected rooms and exhibits in the permanent exhibitions of the Humboldt Forum Berlin. And precisely the ones that say something about how people dealt with death at different times, in different regions of this world. They explore questions such as: What did ritual sacrifice mean to the Aztecs? How does the knowledge of our own mortality influence our lives? Or, why is it hard for us to take species extinction personally<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Together with scientists, artists and activists, Lydia<\/strong> and Pablo<\/strong> discuss various facets of the theme of the special exhibition, in_finite. Living with Death<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and whet your appetite for more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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Ancestors, Goddesses and Heroes – Living with Death in different cultures<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
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How does knowledge of\u00a0our\u00a0own mortality influence our lives? Lydia Heller<\/strong> (journalist), Henriette Lavaulx-Vr\u00e9court<\/strong> (ethnologist), Maria Ellendorff<\/strong> (cultural anthropologist) and David Blankenstein<\/strong> (art historian) discuss the topic using the example of reliquary containers on display in the temporary exhibition area, Ancestors, Goddesses and Heroes<\/em>: The Chinese figure Ushnishavijaya, the reliquary Byeri<\/em>\u00a0from Cameroon, a Tibetan votive stupa and the chinese figure Mahamayuri.<\/p>\n

Moderation:\u00a0Lydia Heller<\/strong>, Journalist and death counsellor, Berlin<\/p>\n

Guests: David Blankenstein,<\/strong> art historian and project lead of the special exhibition in_finite. Living with Death<\/em>, Humboldt Forum, Berlin; Maria Ellendorff<\/strong>, cultural anthropologist and deputy curator for the West Africa Collection, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin; Henriette Lavaulx-Vr\u00e9court<\/strong>, ethnologist and curator for East- and North-Asian Collections, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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