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Navigating power dynamics in engaging communities in end-of-life issues – Lessons learned from developing community-based intergenerational arts initiatives about death and loss

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Lack of community engagement in end-of-life issues and age-segregation in Swedish society motivated us to develop Studio DöBra, a community-based intergenerational arts initiative to support community engagement in end-of-life issues and develop intergenerational meeting places. Representatives from several community organizations formed a project group with first author MK, to develop Studio DöBra. Based on analysis of exploratory interviews with professionals involved in other, similar initiatives and data from Studio DöBra development, we discuss challenges related to power dynamics in developing initiatives to engage communities in end-of-life issues, and how these can inform the development of similar initiatives.

Source: Death Studies

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2019.1671547

Authors: Max Kleijberg, Beth Maina Ahlberg, Alastair Macdonald, Olav Lindqvist, Carol Tishelman

Institutions: Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala University, Glasgow School of Art, Umeå University

Language: English

Topic: Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd