laurenafenwick

In case you missed our June Death Cafe, here's a glimpse of where the conversation took us… We began with Voluntary Assisted Dying, but rather than debating the legislation itself, we explored how we talk about VAD. Whose stories make the news? Whose voices are missing? And how does the way we frame these conversations shape public understanding? The discussion then turned to dementia, with recommendations including the documentary Human Forever and a recent SBS Insight episode on the...

Death Café isn’t meant to be comfortable. In truth, it isn’t meant to be anything, except a space to talk about death. I say it often. These are the keystones. This is what Death Café is. No agenda. No speaker. No forgone conclusions. As a facilitator and researcher, I have tried to coach myself towards neutrality. This has often looked like internally chastising myself for having a view at all. What I’ve come to realise is that neutrality is not the goal - honesty and reflexivity are. Owning...