Death in the peripheries: Planning for minority ethnic groups beyond “the City”

Beebeejaun, Yasminah; McClymont, Katie; Maddrell, Avril; Mathijssen, Brenda; McNally, Danny

Abstract

“Deathscapes” constitute a growing field of research, yet the topic remains widely neglected within urban planning. In this paper, we examine the adequacy of existing provision for death, remembrance, and the disposal of body remains for ethnic minority groups living in four British towns: Huddersfield, Newport, Northampton, and Swindon. We show how the needs of ethnic minority groups are routinely peripheralized through a lack of acknowledgment of diverse cultural and religious needs. The paper argues that the failure of contemporary planning policy and practice to address the intersections between death and ethnicity has contributed to ongoing forms of exclusion from the British society.

Citation

Beebeejaun, Y., McClymont, K., Maddrell, A., Mathijssen, B., & McNally, D. (in press). Death in the peripheries: Planning for minority ethnic groups beyond “the City”. Journal of Planning Education and Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456x211043275

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 26, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Sep 24, 2021
• Deposit Date: Dec 8, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 9, 2021
• Journal: Journal of Planning Education and Research
• Print ISSN: 0739-456X
• Electronic ISSN: 1552-6577
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456x211043275
• Keywords: Urban Studies; Development; Geography, Planning and Development; deathscapes; race and ethnicity; governance; burial; cremation
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8060085