A Fratini
Biographic Data
| ID | 40674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Fratini |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Fratini |
| SIGNATURE | FRATINI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8351-7747 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘The last thing we want is somebody who liked a soft pink lipstick to have a bright red’: Dead body aesthetics in South Australian funeral homes
This paper addresses the aesthetics of bodily preparation of the deceased, pre‐funeral, in Australia. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Adelaide in 2020–2023, we reflect on participants' accounts and behaviours, noting that dead bodies, particularly those under the care of, and prepared by, members of the funeral industry, were conceptually grouped into three distinct categories: the ‘good’, the ‘ too good’, and the ‘bad’. ‘Good’ dead …
What’s said and done in the mortuary stays in the mortuary: Secrecy and (in)visibility of the dead and data collection in South Australia
This paper draws on original ethnographic research in Australia focussing on the handling, management, and conceptualisation of death and the dead human body in 2020–2021. Analysis produced themes of secrecy and (in)visibility regarding both death and the collection of data. Key findings discussed are the withdrawal of information and off-the-record comments from participants, controlling of public access to information, and the (in)visibility of…
Peeking Behind the Curtains: Exploring Death and the Body through Patchwork Ethnography
Patchwork ethnography is a viable methodological and theoretical approach. Fieldwork can be accessible, achievable and accommodating of both personal and professional circumstances and responsibilities of the researcher, and external factors such as living within a COVID-19 world. In this article, we explain patchwork ethnography and showcase how the methodology was implemented during the first author's PhD fieldwork conducted in 2020–2021 relati…
Broadcasting Your Death Through Livestreaming: Understanding Cybersuicide Through Concepts of Performance
What’s said and done in the mortuary stays in the mortuary: Secrecy and (in)visibility of the dead and data collection in South Australia
This paper draws on original ethnographic research in Australia focussing on the handling, management, and conceptualisation of death and the dead human body in 2020–2021. Analysis produced themes of secrecy and (in)visibility regarding both death and the collection of data. Key findings discussed are the withdrawal of information and off-the-record comments from participants, controlling of public access to information, and the (in)visibility of…
Broadcasting Your Death Through Livestreaming: Understanding Cybersuicide Through Concepts of Performance
Peeking Behind the Curtains: Exploring Death and the Body through Patchwork Ethnography
Patchwork ethnography is a viable methodological and theoretical approach. Fieldwork can be accessible, achievable and accommodating of both personal and professional circumstances and responsibilities of the researcher, and external factors such as living within a COVID-19 world. In this article, we explain patchwork ethnography and showcase how the methodology was implemented during the first author's PhD fieldwork conducted in 2020–2021 relati…
‘The last thing we want is somebody who liked a soft pink lipstick to have a bright red’: Dead body aesthetics in South Australian funeral homes
This paper addresses the aesthetics of bodily preparation of the deceased, pre‐funeral, in Australia. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Adelaide in 2020–2023, we reflect on participants' accounts and behaviours, noting that dead bodies, particularly those under the care of, and prepared by, members of the funeral industry, were conceptually grouped into three distinct categories: the ‘good’, the ‘ too good’, and the ‘bad’. ‘Good’ dead …
What’s said and done in the mortuary stays in the mortuary: Secrecy and (in)visibility of the dead and data collection in South Australia
This paper draws on original ethnographic research in Australia focussing on the handling, management, and conceptualisation of death and the dead human body in 2020–2021. Analysis produced themes of secrecy and (in)visibility regarding both death and the collection of data. Key findings discussed are the withdrawal of information and off-the-record comments from participants, controlling of public access to information, and the (in)visibility of…
Archaeology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · History (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)