Life Writing and Death: Dialogues of the Dead

Abstract

<jats:p>One thing in life we can be certain of: death. But how we talk about death—its inevitability, its causes and its course, its effects, or its places—is susceptible to changing cultural conditions. Reviewing a history of death that begins in prehistory, the distinguished historian of death Thomas Laqueur doubts it is possible to comprehend (in both senses) the topic: ‘Our awareness of death and the dead stands at the edge of culture. As such they may not have a history in the usual sense but only more and more iterations, endless and infinitely varied, that we shape into n engagement with the past and the present’.</jats:p>

Green space and loneliness: a systematic review with theoretical and methodological guidance for future research

“…For example, a common scenario in popular literature and films involves a person having a graveside conversation with a lost loved one, the absence of whom is profoundly painful and unsettling, and continuing visits to whom offer comfort and stability in the grieving process. 101…”

“…For example, a common scenario in popular literature and films involves a person having a graveside conversation with a lost loved one, the absence of whom is profoundly painful and unsettling, and continuing visits to whom offer comfort and stability in the grieving process. 101 Future work needs to theorise how different types and qualities of green spaces and places may be connected, for good or ill, with specific types of loneliness and its concomitants, and proceed to measure and map inequities in the cumulative opportunities available. To this point we have focused on green space opportunities that currently exist for a person.…”