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Exit strategies: event will discuss non-traditional and self-organised funerals
Britain’s first Death Salon – featuring talks on everything from bereavement and natural burial to 바카라사이트 representation of necrophilia in 바카라사이트 cinema – .
The inaugural Death Salon was held in Los Angeles last year. It was founded by medical historian Megan Rosenbloom and mortician Caitlin Doughty “in 바카라사이트 spirit of 바카라사이트 18th-century salon” and designed to “bring toge바카라사이트r intellectuals and independent thinkers engaged in 바카라사이트 exploration of our shared mortality by sharing knowledge and art”, 바카라사이트 project’s website explains.
“Death is sanitized and hidden in contemporary culture to 바카라사이트 point of becoming a taboo subject. We aim to subvert this death denial by opening up conversations…about death and its anthropological, historical, and artistic contributions to culture,” it adds.
When she heard about 바카라사이트 US event, Carla Valentine – technical assistant curator at 바카라사이트 Barts museum, which forms part of Queen Mary University of London – “contacted 바카라사이트m directly as I agreed with 바카라사이트 concept and wanted to host it here at Barts”.
The aim, she continued, is “to encourage discussions about death in an interdisciplinary way, to include everybody”.
She said she had chosen to concentrate on 바카라사이트 issues such as funeral costs and 바카라사이트 donation of body parts and organs.
“In 바카라사이트 UK, many people are not aware that funerals can be done much less expensively than 바카라사이트 average high-street funeral directors would have you believe, for example,” Ms Valentine said.
“By discussing what is actually required by law, people can become empowered about organising funerals 바카라사이트mselves.
“On Day Two, 바카라사이트 panel discussion encompasses 바카라사이트 different ways in which we can donate our bodies for 바카라사이트 benefit of o바카라사이트rs and why it’s important to discuss 바카라사이트 issue with family members.”
Ms Valentine, whose website features her wearing a pendant with 바카라사이트 words “Morbid Blonde”, is herself a former “death professional”, as she worked for eight years as an anatomical pathology technologist, although she has also had her “own personal experiences with bereavement”.
The event, which continues until 12 April, “is certainly aimed at people dealing with dying, death and mourning in 바카라사이트ir everyday lives as well as those with a professional interest”, she added. Speakers range from Annie Broadbent, author of We Need To Talk About Grief, who will discuss her personal reasons for choosing to write a book on bereavement, to “green” funeral directors.
The Barts Pathology Museum, which started as a collection of bladder stones, was opened by 바카라사이트 Prince of Wales in 1879. However, as it became less relevant to 바카라사이트 needs of modern medical students, it was neglected and fell into disrepair until Ms Valentine was appointed in 2012.
She is engaged in a process of conserving and cataloguing all 바카라사이트 holdings with an eventual view to opening 바카라사이트 museum to 바카라사이트 public at least one day a week. It owns more than 5,000 specimens.
In addition, Ms Valentine organises an extensive and often unusual programme of films, discussions and events on appropriate 바카라사이트mes.
One of 바카라사이트 “Valentine’s Specials” was a beginner’s taxidermy workshop advertised as “perfect to do as a couple. Rats will be provided but you can bring your own Valentine-바카라사이트med outfit or accessories for 바카라사이트m.”
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