Art has a unique capacity for addressing the existential problem of the unidentified death in ways that afford the reparative possibility of care, reflection and mourning within and beyond local, d...

There are two prevailing myths about Japanese society: first, that it has a successful elderly welfare system and second, that it has a successful criminal j...

In the opening pages of the The Care Manifesto (2020), The Care Collective (a group of academics and activists across different disciplinary and political

JRAI Special Issue Launch Event Friday 19 September 2025 12.00-2.00 pm BST This is an online event. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RmUk2ictTeqIZorofXTy-A#/registration JRAI...

Public Books was founded in 2012 by Sharon Marcus, a literary critic, and Caitlin Zaloom, an anthropologist. The mission was simple: to create a new home for intellectual debate online.

Closeness determines the possibilities of the dead to be materially and spiritually cared for by the living and to receive the consolation of an afterlife among deceased family, friends, or pets, r...

Two decades had passed since Nascimento Blair was last in Jamaica, his homeland. Much had changed, including Mr. Blair himself.

Closeness determines the possibilities of the dead to be materially and spiritually cared for by the living and to receive the consolation of an afterlife among deceased family, friends, or pets, r...

Join us for the launch of two exciting books on healthy ageing and care, happening in person on 21st March 2025!

Japan has one of the lowest rates of crime in world, but it still faces many challenges. Guest speakers from Japan and Oxford will discuss the future of the death penalty, prison arts, and the yakuza.