Learning about life by studying the bones of the dead
Alexa Hagerty has been to some of the bleakest spots of humanity, the mass graves of 'disappeared' people in Guatemala and Argentina.
When Alexa Hagerty was a teenager she had a brush with death, but it was only after her father died that she began to study end of life practices and care. Her research took her into funeral rites and rituals, and then into forensic exhumations and finally into the mass graves of 'disappeared' people in Guatemala and Argentina. It was there that she learned to study human remains in order to document, identify and ultimately seek justice for the dead. She spoke to Outlook's India Rakusen.
Latvian piano builder, David Klavins, makes giant pianos. They are often so tall that anyone who wishes to play them has to climb a staircase in order to reach the keys. He told Outlook about his creations in June 2019.
Presenter: India Rakusen
Producer: Andrea Kennedy
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com
(Photo: Alexa Hagerty working. Credit: Courtesy of Alexa Hagerty)
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