{"id":34096,"date":"2016-11-22T11:31:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T11:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=34096"},"modified":"2016-11-22T11:31:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T11:31:23","slug":"breaking-taboos-in-death-cafes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2016\/11\/22\/breaking-taboos-in-death-cafes\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking taboos in Death Cafes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No longer a matter of grave concern, cafes in South Wales are opening up their doors to allow people to talk about death.<\/p>\n<p>Death Cafes have been popping up all over the world, including Cardiff. They\u2019re designed to be a safe space for people to talk about death and mortality within a friendly environment over coffee and cake.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34097\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 468px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/042A9404.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34097\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/042A9404-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"Discussing death over a nice coffee can make everything easier\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34097\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/042A9404-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"Discussing death over a nice coffee can make everything easier\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Discussing death over a nice coffee can make everything easier<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ran on a volunteer basis, Death Cafes aim to increase awareness of death as something not to be ignored but discussed. Since 2011 there have been 3845 Death Cafes set up in 40 countries around the world, proving that people believe death should be talked about.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Watson hosted Cardiff\u2019s last Death Cafe November 13, at the Chapter Arts Centre. He said it was the first time he had hosted a Death Cafe, but felt it was important that people could discuss their thoughts and feelings freely, without fear of reproach or judgement. Having suffered loss within his own personal life, Liam understood the importance of being able to talk about death as a way to make sense of his own suffering and that keeping these thoughts to yourself only exacerbates the issue. \u201cTo make the most of life,\u201d says Liam, \u201cwe need to talk about death. It\u2019s as though by not talking about it, people feel they\u2019re staving off the death process.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34102\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 468px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/photo-1416958672086-951aa7064010.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34102\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/photo-1416958672086-951aa7064010-468x312.jpeg\" alt=\"Talking about death could actually make you feel more alive\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34102\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/11\/photo-1416958672086-951aa7064010-468x312.jpeg\" alt=\"Talking about death could actually make you feel more alive\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Talking about death could actually make you feel more alive<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Professor Jenny Kitzinger, based in Cardiff University, also believes that death needs to be discussed openly if people are ever to understand it, especially when making difficult medical decisions. She said her own interest in Death Cafes was driven by her research in catastrophic brain injuries. \u201cMy research brought home to me,\u201d she explains, \u201cthat breaking through the taboos around talking about death and dying is increasingly important where modern medical technologies can keep people&#8217;s bodies alive long after they have lost capacity to make their own decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are encouraged to talk about death openly in Cardiff\u2019s Death Cafes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":304,"featured_media":34102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[203,275,5419,5711],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-34096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-cardiff","tag-coffee","tag-death","tag-death-cafes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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