Cultural Humility in Thanatology

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Examines the cultural significance of death and the pathways of grief through which cultural memory and religious belief find expression. Topics include cross-cultural considerations of death, end of life care, and distinct forms of bereavement; mortuary rites and mourning rituals as acts of remembrance and meaning-making; emergent deathways in underrepresented and marginalized communities. Frameworks of cultural humility, diversity, equity, and inclusion are centered in this course.