Unique study of 1,000 modern burials
(WorldNews Sweden)

In her doctoral thesis, Materialising Modern Cemeteries, Sian Anthony has studied how changes in society are both manifested and created in the state of the burial. Her study includes the design of the graves, both above and below the ground, as well as how these two worlds are connected and have changed over time. `While the class distinctions have always been clear in the design of the graves above ground, the established view in research has been that the coffins and the objects...