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Death and Decluttering: Beyond Swedish Death Cleaning
In my work as a professional organizer, mortality is often encountered, and not only with my most senior clients. Sometimes death is brought ...
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Understanding the Sikh Tradition of Akhand Path: A Ritual for Processing Grief
Death had been a largely abstract concept for me until I had my first close encounter with it at 23. I was quite ...
Grief Support & Resources
How to Throw a Living Funeral Party
Some ideas for planning your own living funeral, so your loved ones can send you off with a beautiful goodbye.
Culture & Politics
Your Quarterly Death Positive News Update – Q2 2023
Welcome to our second instalment of TalkDeath Quarterly News, where we update you on death related news from green burial to archaeological finds.
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Beyond Death: How Embracing the Ethics of Otherness Can Transform Relationships with the Dead
Who speaks for the dead when the dead can no longer speak for themselves?
Culture & Politics
Queer Death History: How Same-Sex Adult Adoption Safeguarded End-of-Life Rights
When ‘til death do us part wasn’t an option for queer couples, some chose adult adoption instead.
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‘We Are Still Believers in Dokhmenashini’: Leaving the Dead for Vultures in India
For over 3000 years, Zoroastrians have left their dead for vultures to consume. What happens when the vultures disappear?
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Queering Death – Why The Death Care Industry Needs Queer Grassroots Collectives
Like queerness, death and dying does not operate within a binary. There is no one way to die, like there is no one ...
Grief Support & Resources
Poems for Pet Loss and Grief
The love, bond, and companionship shared between people and their pets is unique and deeply felt. The loss of a pet can be ...
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Undas: Celebrating Death Through Life in the Philippines
In the Philippines, Undas gives people the opportunity to bring their families, living and dead, together.
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Funeral Traditions from Ireland: How the Irish Embrace Death
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Today is the anniversary of the death of Saint Patrick. We celebrate his Feast Day, which ...
