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John Troyer started his post at the University of Bath in September 2008. He is Director of the Centre for Death and Society, an RCUK Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences. John received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota in Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society in May 2006. His Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Technologies of the Human Corpse" was awarded the University of Minnesota's 2006 Best Dissertation Award in the Arts and Humanities. From 2007-2008 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University teaching the cultural studies of science and technology. Within the field of death studies, John focuses on delineating and defining the concept of the dead human subject. John is in the closing stages of a case study looking at mercury emissions and heat capture technology in UK crematoria.
Research interests
- The social and technological control of the dead body in both time and space vis-à-vis mechanical manipulation of human biology.
- The legal, scientific and medical protocols that determine social policies, for example, those which pronounce a time of death for human beings.
- The illicit, global trade in human tissues and body parts.
- Aesthetics and death.
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Projects
CDAS - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences & Shanghai Academy network activities
1/07/19 → …
Project: Other
USER NOT FOUND - Social Media Technologies as Immersive Performance
1/01/18 → 31/07/18
Project: Research council
On Encountering Corpses: Political, Socio Economic and Cultural Aspects of Contemporary Encounters with Dead Bodies
1/10/14 → 14/12/17
Project: Research council
Research Output
Q & A
Troyer, J., 28 Mar 2020, In : New Scientist. 245, 3275, p. 56 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Technologies of the Human Corpse
Troyer, J., Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) MIT Press. 272 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Grief, funeral fees and coffin calendar girls: life in death studies
Troyer, J., Valentine, C., Walter, T. & Woodthorpe, K., 2019, The Times Higher Education.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Trans-Atlantic Death Methods: Disciplinarity shared and challenged by a common language
Cann, C. K. & Troyer, J., 2017, In : Mortality: Promoting the interdisciplinary study of death and dying . 22, 2, p. 105-117 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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“Owning” Necro-Waste
Troyer, J., 2016, In : Social Epistemology : a Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Policy. 5, 3, p. 59-63Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Thesis
Bereavement and Motivation in Three Contrasting Cultures: Britain, Japan and China
Author: Fang, C., 22 Nov 2018Supervisor: Valentine, C. (Supervisor) & Troyer, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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Feasting with Death: A Study of Funeral-Food Practices
Author: Graham, J., 16 Oct 2017Supervisor: Troyer, J. (Supervisor) & Walter, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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The Virtual Wake in Brazil
Author: Martins Van Den Hurk, A., 22 Nov 2018Supervisor: Troyer, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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