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Rebecca Selberg

Rebecca Selberg

Docent | Senior lecturer

Rebecca Selberg

‘Exploring Narratives of Death’ (END): A case study of researcher experiences in studying dying, death and grief in an interdisciplinary setting

Author

  • Jamie Woodworth
  • Rebecca Selberg
  • Jimmie Kristensson
  • Birgit Rasmussen

Summary, in English

The field of death studies has a rich interdisciplinary history but little scholarship examining the process of interdisciplinary collaboration. The development of, and inquiry into, a more rigorously interdisciplinary death studies is a topical pursuit. The aim of this paper is to shed critical light on researcher experiences in an interdisciplinary collaboration on the topics of dying, death of grief, and examine what possibilities and challenges it prefaces for future interdisciplinary research in the field. An interdisciplinary study group called Exploring Narratives of Death (END) is examined over a period of one year through participant observation and semi-structured interviews. The conclusion is that researchers strongly advocate for more interdisciplinary agendas in death studies in order to develop greater intellectual advancement in the field and/or practical application of research in society. However, a lack of structural and temporal latitude in researchers’ professional roles in the university could inhibit their ability to perform such research in the long term.

Department/s

  • Department of Gender Studies
  • Respiratory Medicine, Allergology, and Palliative Medicine
  • Proactive Integrated Care
  • Palliative care
  • The Institute for Palliative Care
  • University Management
  • Department of Health Sciences

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Pages

562-577

Publication/Series

Mortality

Volume

28

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Status

Published

Research group

  • Proactive Integrated Care
  • The Institute for Palliative Care

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1357-6275