The Importance of Art in a "Good Death"
The resurgence of deathcare workers across industries presents an opportunity to creatively reimagine what a good death can look like.
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The resurgence of deathcare workers across industries presents an opportunity to creatively reimagine what a good death can look like.
For almost two hours, close to 50 students gathered in Parkes Hall room and talked about death over chocolate cupcakes. The conversations, which took place in small groups, touched on pre-death plans, personal losses and the universality of death. Despite the topic’s morbidity, SESP second year Aimee Resnick said she organized this event in hopes...
There are many benefits of having an open and honest discussion about our eventual death with those who love and care for us.
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Content Warning: This story contains discussion of death. Mel Keiser, the business coordinator of the art history and classics department at Northwestern, said she wanted to learn how to dig a grave so she could bury effigies for past versions of herself. As a result, she started the Death Studies research workshop this past fall. ...