As an ecological alternative to burial or cremation - both very expensive from an environmental point of view - especially in high-density urban areas, human bodies can be turned into fertiliser. Starting with the broad concept of compost, the essay reflects on the consequences that secularisation, as well as the presumed and possible desecularisation of culture, has on ritual practices and spaces of parting.
Come alternativa ecologica alla sepoltura o alla cremazione – entrambe molto costose dal punto di vista ambientale – soprattutto nelle aree urbane ad alta densità, i corpi umani possono essere trasformati in fertilizzanti. A partire dall'ampio concetto di compost, il saggio riflette sulle conseguenze che la secolarizzazione, così come la presunta e possibile desecolarizzazione della cultura, ha sulle pratiche rituali e sugli spazi del commiato.
Composting Death. Towards a Body Sublimation / PADOA SCHIOPPA, Caterina. - (2023), pp. 42-42. (Intervento presentato al convegno Critic|all. V International Conference on Architecture Design & Criticism tenutosi a Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment Delft University of Technology).
Composting Death. Towards a Body Sublimation
Caterina Padoa Schioppa
2023
Abstract
As an ecological alternative to burial or cremation - both very expensive from an environmental point of view - especially in high-density urban areas, human bodies can be turned into fertiliser. Starting with the broad concept of compost, the essay reflects on the consequences that secularisation, as well as the presumed and possible desecularisation of culture, has on ritual practices and spaces of parting.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
