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SUMMARY:Anne Allison: "The Crisis of Necro-Sociality in Japan: Caring for t
 he Dead Otherwise"
DESCRIPTION:In the face of a high aging population\, decline in the rates o
 f marriage and childbirth\, and a post-growth economy\, sociality is downs
 izing away from the family to more single lifestyles in Japan. Affecting b
 oth the making of life and the care given to the dead\, family gravesites 
 are getting abandoned – as Japanese increasingly age without anyone else
  to depend upon\, new commercial and public initiatives are arising to ten
 d to the country’s "family-less dead". The talk examines what is a surge
  in "ending activity" since the early 2000s of seeking alternatives to the
  family grave and patrilineal kin to be caregivers of the dead. Making one
 ’s preparations ahead of time or for the relocation of ancestral graves\
 , necro-planning brings death into the present and anticipates\, by aiming
  to avoid\, socially disjunctive ends. What implications does this have fo
 r the "crisis" of sociality in Japan today\, and what does it portend for 
 a post-familial future as mapped by new ways of caring for the dead?
X-ALT-DESC:<p>In the face of a high aging population\, decline in the rates
  of marriage and childbirth\, and a post-growth economy\, sociality is dow
 nsizing away from the family to more single lifestyles in Japan. Affecting
  both the making of life and the care given to the dead\, family gravesite
 s are getting abandoned – as Japanese increasingly age without anyone el
 se to depend upon\, new commercial and public initiatives are arising to t
 end to the country’s "family-less dead". The talk examines what is a sur
 ge in "ending activity" since the early 2000s of seeking alternatives to t
 he family grave and patrilineal kin to be caregivers of the dead. Making o
 ne’s preparations ahead of time or for the relocation of ancestral grave
 s\, necro-planning brings death into the present and anticipates\, by aimi
 ng to avoid\, socially disjunctive ends. What implications does this have 
 for the "crisis" of sociality in Japan today\, and what does it portend fo
 r a post-familial future as mapped by new ways of caring for the dead?</p>
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