SIT Study Abroad: IHP Death & Dying: Perspectives, Practices & Policies
Location
Multiple Locations +4
- Ghana
- Accra
- Indonesia
- Bali
- Mexico
- Oaxaca
- United States of America
- New York
Term
Fall, Spring
Need-based funding, Merit-based funding, General grants/scholarships, BIPOC funding
Health & Safety
Jan 06, 2025
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About Program
The subject of death is so taboo in American culture that people use metaphors to avoid talking about it while also using death-laden language in everyday communication. This contradiction leaves many Americans death illiterate, with limited functional knowledge of the process of death and dying, the psychology of bereavement, or end-of-life planning. Travel to New York City and three countries with higher levels of death acceptance, Ghana, Mexico, and Indonesia, to understand how cultural practices, social policies, and creative communities confront and celebrate death.
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LGBTQIA+ Support
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Program Highlights
- Examine how different cultures conceptualize and celebrate death.
- Engage in “death over dinner” conversations facilitated by local leaders, deathcare workers, and community members.
- Interview changemakers fighting against policies that preserve life for the privileged and perpetuate death for marginalized peoples.
- Learn to “read a cemetery” from multiple perspectives by interpreting the symbolism, aesthetics, and history of gravesites.
- Acknowledge, critique, and define what it means to engage in ethical dark tourism.
