Journal of Material Culture 16 (3)

Considers the Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, Devon, UK, as an example of how animal rescue centres and sanctuaries have developed in the UK over the last 30 years as a new form of charity-run commemorative landscape. Human ashes are scattered in the Sanctuary grounds, memorial plaques cover the buildings of the Sanctuary, and many more are set on benches and beside memorial trees around the donkey paddocks. Through text and material culture, these memorials constitute a commemorative parity between people and animals in death, and the Donkey Sanctuary has become a complex memorial landscape. Using a sample of over 500 memorials from the Sanctuary's grounds, explores the use of material culture in creating an emotive and utopian 'donkey heaven' in the contemporary Devon landscape.

Re-orientates work on the material culture of war by considering military material culture beyond conflict and demonstrating how military material culture has extended social lives and passes through value regimes, as do many forms of material culture. Focuses on end-of-life military things, specifically the neglected field of naval vessels. Discusses how the social and physical death of naval ships connects to residue military masculinities, particularly through the complexities of souvenir value.

Discusses some of the issues raised in the previous article. PP-B