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Hey, guys. Long time no see. Though, our topic is always very motivating, empowering aspiring. But today we’re gonna talk about death. You may say there must be sth wrong with my brain, but death itself is actually a profound topic throughout human history. And these days I’m mulling over questions like, the meaning of my life, by what means can I achieve myself value. So I choose this topic, museums of death, to discuss with you guys.
So firstly, what kind of thoughts or feelings does the word DEATH provoke in your mind?
No matter how much we fear death, every single being is doomed to death. And in thousands of myths and legends, born to die is not so dreadful, it’s more of a art and a magnificent feat. So here comes the existence of the MUSEUM related to DEATH.
Some people hold opposite views against it, saying it’s not humanistic, while others promote, arguing life and human body is the real art.
And what’s your opinion. Personally, what do you think of this kind of museum?
Here comes the introduction.
(SUE)1. The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo
The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo are burial catacombs in Palermo, southern Italy. Today they provide a somewhat macabre tourist attraction as well as an extraordinary historical record.
Monastery in Palermo outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate caves below it. In 1599 they mummified one of their mumbers, and placed him into the catacombs.
Some of the bodies were enclosed in sealed glass cabinets. Monks were preserved with their everyday clothing and sometimes with ropes they had worn as a penance.
Originally the catacombs were intended only for the dead monks. However, in the following centuries it became a status symbol to be entombed into the catacombs. In their wills, local significant people would ask to be preserved in certain clothes, or even to have their clothes changed at regular intervals. Relatives would visit to pray for the deceased and also to maintain the body in presentable condition.
The catacombs contain about 8000 corpses and 1252 mummies that line the walls. The halls are divided into categories: Men, Women, Virgins, Children, Priests, Monks, and Professionals. Some bodies are better preserved than others. Some are set in poses; for example, two children are sitting together in a rocking chair. The coffins were accessible to the families of the deceased so that on certain days the family could hold their hands and they could "join" their family in prayer.
(RITA)2. The Siriraj Medical Museum
The Siriraj Medical Museum, nicknamed the Museum of Death, is a medical museum in Thailand. Housed in the oldest hospital, the museum, also a hospital is the place the King of Thailand goes when he is ill - and medical school in Thailand. 1886, the Siriraj Medical Museum abounds with medical curiosities. Siriraj Medical Museum is open to the public and is a valuable resource for medical professors and students. This museum consists of five small medical museums: a museum of pathology, a forensics museum, a museum of the history of Thai medicine, a parasitology museum, an anatomical museum, and a prehistoric museum.
The Siriraj’s incredible holdings include: bones, preserved organs, the mummified corpse of a notorious serial killer, a traditional Thai medicine shop, parasitic worms, preserved sections of human skin bearing tattoos, poisonous snakes, rows of skulls.
After getting to know the 2 of those curious weird museums of corps, also the art of death and human body, do you think there’s some correlation between it and body art? Or differences?
All of the above are museums and tourist attractions overseas.
What about China, do you think death museum stands a chance of existence in China, considering the tradition and folks’ attitude towards DEATH?
But actually, it does exist in China. I have got to know death museum since my high school, when I was still a teenager, but it’s not until I had my anatomy class, and my beloved teacher told us there’s one, more of like an exhibition instead of just a museum, in Dalian, Shangdong Province.
(李洁)3. Body World: Bodies--- The Illuminate Culture of Death
(1) Brief Introduction
Body Worlds is a traveling exposition of dissected human bodies, animals, and other anatomical structures of the body that have been preserved. Gunther von Hagens developed the preservation process in the late 1970s. You can see a cadaver playing basketball, you can see one conducting an orchestra. You also get to see various body systems (digestive, urinary, reproductive, etc.). In recent years the exhibition has been touring all across from Czech Republic to the United States, from Italy to China.
(2) Body World and China
Since these are real human bodies, the question arises: who are they, who were they? Where do they come from?
The answer is: the cadavers were "donated" by China.
Chinese government claims these are people who died having no close kin to claim the body. But unfortunately, there’s no documentation to support this.
As a result, it's widely believed by human rights activists that these are the bodies of Chinese prisoners, prisoners who may have been tortured and executed by the government.
Series of Body Worlds anatomical exhibitions has toured many countries worldwide, sometimes raising controversies about the sourcing and display of actual human corpses and body parts.
（RITA）3) Beliefs of the founder
Von Hagens maintains that all human specimens were obtained with full knowledge and consent of the donors before they died, and his organization keeps extensive documentation of this permission. Von Hagens emphasizes both educational and artistic aspects of his complex and innovative dissections, and offers online teaching guides for educators. He also tries to distinguish his efforts from those of competitors who may have been less thorough in obtaining advance permission from their specimen sources.
In an ethical analysis, professors compared cadaver displays to pornography, in that they reduce the subject to "the manipulation of body parts stripped of any larger human significance."
Concerns have been expressed about the educational aspects, especially the inclusion of these displays for school field trips.
Death is a profound topic discussed in the fields of science, ethics, philosophy, or even sociology. After leaning the opinions and facts, have you change your feeling towards death? Or the display of death?
This is the end of our ‘death’ show. Hope you listeners explore the world of birth and death, or let’s say the world is made of birth and death. see
Hey, guys. Long time no see. Though, our topic is always very motivating, empowering aspiring. But today we’re gonna talk about death. You may say there must be sth wrong with my brain, but death itself is actually a profound topic throughout human history. And these days I’m mulling over questions like, the meaning of my life, by what means can I achieve myself value. So I choose this topic, museums of death, to discuss with you guys.
So firstly, what kind of thoughts or feelings does the word DEATH provoke in your mind?
No matter how much we fear death, every single being is doomed to death. And in thousands of myths and legends, born to die is not so dreadful, it’s more of a art and a magnificent feat. So here comes the existence of the MUSEUM related to DEATH.
Some people hold opposite views against it, saying it’s not humanistic, while others promote, arguing life and human body is the real art.
And what’s your opinion. Personally, what do you think of this kind of museum?
Here comes the introduction.
(SUE)1. The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo
The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo are burial catacombs in Palermo, southern Italy. Today they provide a somewhat macabre tourist attraction as well as an extraordinary historical record.
Monastery in Palermo outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate caves below it. In 1599 they mummified one of their mumbers, and placed him into the catacombs.
Some of the bodies were enclosed in sealed glass cabinets. Monks were preserved with their everyday clothing and sometimes with ropes they had worn as a penance.
Originally the catacombs were intended only for the dead monks. However, in the following centuries it became a status symbol to be entombed into the catacombs. In their wills, local significant people would ask to be preserved in certain clothes, or even to have their clothes changed at regular intervals. Relatives would visit to pray for the deceased and also to maintain the body in presentable condition.
The catacombs contain about 8000 corpses and 1252 mummies that line the walls. The halls are divided into categories: Men, Women, Virgins, Children, Priests, Monks, and Professionals. Some bodies are better preserved than others. Some are set in poses; for example, two children are sitting together in a rocking chair. The coffins were accessible to the families of the deceased so that on certain days the family could hold their hands and they could "join" their family in prayer.
(RITA)2. The Siriraj Medical Museum
The Siriraj Medical Museum, nicknamed the Museum of Death, is a medical museum in Thailand. Housed in the oldest hospital, the museum, also a hospital is the place the King of Thailand goes when he is ill - and medical school in Thailand. 1886, the Siriraj Medical Museum abounds with medical curiosities. Siriraj Medical Museum is open to the public and is a valuable resource for medical professors and students. This museum consists of five small medical museums: a museum of pathology, a forensics museum, a museum of the history of Thai medicine, a parasitology museum, an anatomical museum, and a prehistoric museum.
The Siriraj’s incredible holdings include: bones, preserved organs, the mummified corpse of a notorious serial killer, a traditional Thai medicine shop, parasitic worms, preserved sections of human skin bearing tattoos, poisonous snakes, rows of skulls.
After getting to know the 2 of those curious weird museums of corps, also the art of death and human body, do you think there’s some correlation between it and body art? Or differences?
All of the above are museums and tourist attractions overseas.
What about China, do you think death museum stands a chance of existence in China, considering the tradition and folks’ attitude towards DEATH?
But actually, it does exist in China. I have got to know death museum since my high school, when I was still a teenager, but it’s not until I had my anatomy class, and my beloved teacher told us there’s one, more of like an exhibition instead of just a museum, in Dalian, Shangdong Province.
(李洁)3. Body World: Bodies--- The Illuminate Culture of Death
(1) Brief Introduction
Body Worlds is a traveling exposition of dissected human bodies, animals, and other anatomical structures of the body that have been preserved. Gunther von Hagens developed the preservation process in the late 1970s. You can see a cadaver playing basketball, you can see one conducting an orchestra. You also get to see various body systems (digestive, urinary, reproductive, etc.). In recent years the exhibition has been touring all across from Czech Republic to the United States, from Italy to China.
(2) Body World and China
Since these are real human bodies, the question arises: who are they, who were they? Where do they come from?
The answer is: the cadavers were "donated" by China.
Chinese government claims these are people who died having no close kin to claim the body. But unfortunately, there’s no documentation to support this.
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