Samuel Holleran
Biographic Data
| ID | 183165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Holleran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Holleran |
| SIGNATURE | HOLLERAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4037-6240 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sustaining the Cemetery
This article examines the history and transformation of cemeteries in Melbourne, Australia, where burials are in perpetuity, and some cemeteries are reaching capacity. It explores the efforts of community groups advocating for the preservation and greening of “legacy” cemeteries, positioning them as landscapes that offer insights into local history, and as spaces intertwined with green ideals, past and present. Building on surveys, archival resea…
Reimagining memorial spaces through digital technologies
Digital technologies are creating new ways for visitors to engage with cemeteries.This article presents research into the development of digital cemetery technologies, or cemtech, to understand how they are reimagining memorial spaces.Through a systematic review of examples of cemtech in online records, academic literature, patents, and trade publications, we developed a typology of cemtech according to four characteristics: application type, tec…
Resisting dark tourism
The specter of new global conflicts has brought up old questions about dark tourism: is it ever appropriate to visit recent ruins?Can ruins, and places where violence has occurred, teach lessons about peace and cooperation?Or is it merely war voyeurism?This piece considers the ruins of Varosha (a beachfront district of Famagusta, or Gazimausa, in Turkish) a once thriving tourism hub which has been walled off from visitors since the Turkish invasi…
Concealment and Care in Deathcare During Covid
During the worst months of the COVID-19 pandemic, photojournalistic depictions of the havoc wreaked by the virus became ubiquitous. Images of physically distanced funerals and large-scale body disposal populated newsfeeds, but the labor and experiences of those working within these images-people handling bodies and guiding bereaved families-remained largely hidden from public view. Even before the pandemic, visibility and public recognition were …
Cheeky Monuments
For centuries headstone carving was in the hands of select groups: priestly castes, stonemason guilds, and cemetery operators. Today, stone markets are globalised; religiosity, and accompanying rituals, have waned in many countries; and cheap, on-demand laser engraving allows for the easy transfer of photographic images to polished stone surfaces. With these changes have come new challenges for those tasked with moderating the visual environment …
From graves to gardens
Declining burial rates and limited grave tenure mean that many cemeteries in Germany’s capital are largely empty, in contrast to the increasingly crowded city around them. Some have been left to go wild: sprouting trees and underbrush that are home to birds and foxes. Their unsanctioned use—by guerilla gardeners, beekeepers, and dog walkers—is common. In an effort to normalise these activities, the Protestant Cemetery Association invited communit…
Steel
Steel has become the de facto material to memorialize 9/11. In this article, we show how the vast majority of steel from the World Trade Center (200,000 tons) was recycled abroad but what remained was sacralized and made into local memorials. Using newspaper reports and materials obtained from a freedom of information request, the article analyzes how dispersed memorialization honored first responders across the United States (and abroad) enlargi…
Better in Pictures
While the term “visual literacy” has grown in popularity in the last 50 years, its meaning remains nebulous. It is described variously as: a vehicle for aesthetic appreciation, a means of defence against visual manipulation, a sorting mechanism for an increasingly data-saturated age, and a prerequisite to civic inclusion (Fransecky 23; Messaris 181; McTigue and Flowers 580). Scholars have written extensively about the first three subjects but the…
Resisting dark tourism
The specter of new global conflicts has brought up old questions about dark tourism: is it ever appropriate to visit recent ruins?Can ruins, and places where violence has occurred, teach lessons about peace and cooperation?Or is it merely war voyeurism?This piece considers the ruins of Varosha (a beachfront district of Famagusta, or Gazimausa, in Turkish) a once thriving tourism hub which has been walled off from visitors since the Turkish invasi…
From graves to gardens
Declining burial rates and limited grave tenure mean that many cemeteries in Germany’s capital are largely empty, in contrast to the increasingly crowded city around them. Some have been left to go wild: sprouting trees and underbrush that are home to birds and foxes. Their unsanctioned use—by guerilla gardeners, beekeepers, and dog walkers—is common. In an effort to normalise these activities, the Protestant Cemetery Association invited communit…
Steel
Steel has become the de facto material to memorialize 9/11. In this article, we show how the vast majority of steel from the World Trade Center (200,000 tons) was recycled abroad but what remained was sacralized and made into local memorials. Using newspaper reports and materials obtained from a freedom of information request, the article analyzes how dispersed memorialization honored first responders across the United States (and abroad) enlargi…
Better in Pictures
While the term “visual literacy” has grown in popularity in the last 50 years, its meaning remains nebulous. It is described variously as: a vehicle for aesthetic appreciation, a means of defence against visual manipulation, a sorting mechanism for an increasingly data-saturated age, and a prerequisite to civic inclusion (Fransecky 23; Messaris 181; McTigue and Flowers 580). Scholars have written extensively about the first three subjects but the…
Cheeky Monuments
For centuries headstone carving was in the hands of select groups: priestly castes, stonemason guilds, and cemetery operators. Today, stone markets are globalised; religiosity, and accompanying rituals, have waned in many countries; and cheap, on-demand laser engraving allows for the easy transfer of photographic images to polished stone surfaces. With these changes have come new challenges for those tasked with moderating the visual environment …
From graves to gardens
Declining burial rates and limited grave tenure mean that many cemeteries in Germany’s capital are largely empty, in contrast to the increasingly crowded city around them. Some have been left to go wild: sprouting trees and underbrush that are home to birds and foxes. Their unsanctioned use—by guerilla gardeners, beekeepers, and dog walkers—is common. In an effort to normalise these activities, the Protestant Cemetery Association invited communit…
Steel
Steel has become the de facto material to memorialize 9/11. In this article, we show how the vast majority of steel from the World Trade Center (200,000 tons) was recycled abroad but what remained was sacralized and made into local memorials. Using newspaper reports and materials obtained from a freedom of information request, the article analyzes how dispersed memorialization honored first responders across the United States (and abroad) enlargi…
Sustaining the Cemetery
This article examines the history and transformation of cemeteries in Melbourne, Australia, where burials are in perpetuity, and some cemeteries are reaching capacity. It explores the efforts of community groups advocating for the preservation and greening of “legacy” cemeteries, positioning them as landscapes that offer insights into local history, and as spaces intertwined with green ideals, past and present. Building on surveys, archival resea…
Reimagining memorial spaces through digital technologies
Digital technologies are creating new ways for visitors to engage with cemeteries.This article presents research into the development of digital cemetery technologies, or cemtech, to understand how they are reimagining memorial spaces.Through a systematic review of examples of cemtech in online records, academic literature, patents, and trade publications, we developed a typology of cemtech according to four characteristics: application type, tec…
Resisting dark tourism
The specter of new global conflicts has brought up old questions about dark tourism: is it ever appropriate to visit recent ruins?Can ruins, and places where violence has occurred, teach lessons about peace and cooperation?Or is it merely war voyeurism?This piece considers the ruins of Varosha (a beachfront district of Famagusta, or Gazimausa, in Turkish) a once thriving tourism hub which has been walled off from visitors since the Turkish invasi…
Concealment and Care in Deathcare During Covid
During the worst months of the COVID-19 pandemic, photojournalistic depictions of the havoc wreaked by the virus became ubiquitous. Images of physically distanced funerals and large-scale body disposal populated newsfeeds, but the labor and experiences of those working within these images-people handling bodies and guiding bereaved families-remained largely hidden from public view. Even before the pandemic, visibility and public recognition were …
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)