Profile
Biography
My PhD project is an ethnography of how the 'waste' materials of the corpse (e.g. bodily tissues, metal & ceramic medical implants etc.) yield a form of value as they pass through the disposal cultures of cremation and natural burial in the UK. The overall aim is to decipher a definition of this value to better understand the management practices that exist within these UK corpse disposal processes today.
Publications
Full publications list
Journal Articles:
- Robins, D, (2017), ‘Toxic Necro-Waste’, Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, 6, (10), 39-42.
Other Publications:
Conference Presentations:
- Robins, D. (2019). ‘The Gatekeeping of Dead Waste’. The 14th International Conference on the Social Context of Death, Dying, and Disposal. University of Bath, Bath. 4-7 September.
- Robins, D, (2019). ‘The Discarding of Dead Waste’. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Corpse Work. University of York, York. 13 June.
- Robins, D. Smith, R. (2018). ‘(Dis)Posing of Monsters’. Death and Culture II. University of York, York. 6-7 September.
- Robins, D. (2018). ‘Disposing of Necro-Waste’. Nineteenth Colloquium on Cemeteries. University of York, York. 18 May.
- Robins, D. (2018). ‘Disposing of Necro-Waste’. Skeletons, Stories, Social Bodies. University of Southampton, Southampton. 20-22 March.
- Robins, D. (2017). 'The Poisonous Corpse: Disposing of Toxic Necro-Waste'. Invited Speaker. Encountering Corpses III. Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester. 9-10 December.
Public Events
- Robins, D. Smith, R. (2019). ‘How do We Dispose of Mass Murderers?’. The York Festival of Ideas, 6 June.
- Robins, D. (2019). ‘Cremation or Burial: What Happens to Your Body After You Die?’. Invited Speaker. The York Dead Good Festival, 13 May.
Teaching
Undergraduate
Current
- Introduction to Social Theory
Previous
I have previously conducted lectures and seminars on the following modules:
- Introducing Social Psychology
- Crime, Culture, and Social Change
- Theoretical Criminology
Postgraduate
Previous
- Themes and Issues in Contemporary Sociology