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After Z - a community mourns a 19-year-old victim of the heroin epidemic
Posted by Camille on July 17, 2016, 8:59 p.m.
When a community decides to bring death home and suddenly is hit by the death of a teenager, we all come away with a better understanding of life.
Link: http://troutsfarm.com/PFA/2016/05/06/after-z/
See more and comment...An opportunity to experience my first real live dead person became my best birthday present ever.
Link: http://troutsfarm.com/PFA/2016/06/24/not-so-grim-reaper/
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Ted.com has some interesting videos on the topic of death.
Eine sonderbare Stille: Gespräch mit der Autorin Katharina Schmidt
Posted by Aileen on July 12, 2016, 7:55 a.m.
Eine sonderbare Stille. Warum der Tod ins Leben gehört
Einst war er fixer Bestandteil des menschlichen Daseins und des gesellschaftlichen Alltags: Heute wird der Tod verdrängt, jeder Gedanke an das unweigerliche Ende so lange wie möglich hinausgeschoben. Während Sterbende der High Tech-Medizin überlassen werden und Trauern keinen Platz findet, diskutiert man auf politischer Ebene über die Suizidbeihilfe. Dazwischen stehen Fragen, die uns alle betreffen: Wie wollen wir uns dem Thema Tod wieder annähern? Wie können wir Alte und Sterbende besser versorgen? Und: Wie wollen wir selbst sterben? In ausführlichen Gesprächen mit Ärzten, Pflegenden und Angehörigen sucht Katharina Schmidt nach ...
The German children’s book author and illustrator Wolf Erlbruch offers a wonderfully warm and assuring answer in Duck, Death and the Tulip (public library) — a marvelous addition to the handful of intelligent and imaginative children’s books about death and loss.
Link: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/05/04/duck-death-and-the-tulip-wolf-erlbruch/
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"With patience and beauty, our understanding of mortality is altered as this film unfolds on life, laughter and Wilhelm Grimm. Set within the walls of the Alter St. Matthäus cemetery in Berlin, we meet artists, story-tellers and grave sponsors — the cultural life revolving around the lively café-finovo and it's reputable cakes. Café-finovo is the first café in a cemetery in Germany."
Link: http://www.vimeo.com/58768672
See more and comment...Link: http://www.wishestodiefor.com/blog/ideo-challenge-re-imagine-end-of-life-care/
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My interest is to tie death anxiety to our cultural unsustainabilty while exploring how aligning our inner and outer landscapes might help us deal with these issues.
Here is a link to pages 53-55 in a journal called Landscapes/ Paysage about this. It is the professional journal for landscape architects in Canada.
Link: https://www.singularityweblog.com/is-death-reversible/
Leave a commentThey say such nice things about you at your funeral I'm sorry I'm going to miss mine by just a few short days.
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Hi folks. I am reaching out again to recruit participants for my study determining the relationship between talking about death with a dying loved one and the survivor's grief. I recently received approval to conduct interviews over the phone, and need a few more participants to reach my desired number of total interviews. I am very interested in hearing about people' experiences with discussing death with their loved one and how they feel it affected their grief after losing that person. Please see my flyer for more details. I hope everyone has joyful holidays.
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We are a group of American students studying Cross Cultural Psychology at DIS (Danish Institute for Study Abroad) this fall. For our final project, we wanted to understand more about memory culture and funeral traditions around the world. We interviewed friends and family from various countries and have compiled our findings into a brochure. We hope others can use this a resource to have a deeper and wider understanding of funeral cultures and the cultural values regarding life and death. We have also created an Instagram that includes compelling quotes from our interviewees. If you are interested in our research or would like to share your own traditions, please follow us @beforeidiedis or email us at beforeidiedis@gmail.com
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-r_k32AcanzeGZZSTl5SlZIWWFXSzBKQkMzQkJELUdEYnhr/view?usp=sharing
See more and comment...This is the true story of my baby's life and death. I ask some pertinent questions: should life be prolonged against the odds? Should doctors try to save every life even when the odds are slim? Should nature be allowed to take its course?
Link: http://joannawarringtonauthor-allthingsd.co.uk/writing/d-is-for-death-the-death-of-my-first-baby/
See more and comment...Trauma Workers Find Solace with the "Pause."
Posted by Kathy Miller, LCPC on Sept. 28, 2015, 8:06 a.m.
A burial pod that turns you into a tree of your choice.