Death Café: Talking about death is talking about life

To mark Mexico’s Day of the Dead, Faro Santander is hosting a Death Café, a gathering to talk about death and life with openness, respect and attentive listening. It’s an invitation to reflect on a universal subject we often leave out of everyday conversation.

A Death Café is an informal get-together where people share thoughts, questions, experiences and beliefs about death and the end of life. It isn’t a lecture or a therapy session, but an open conversation where everyone can take part at their own pace, speak freely, or simply listen. The session will be facilitated by Ana Manzanas, a nurse in the Palliative Care Unit at Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (HUMV); Victoria Rodríguez, President of SOCPAL and a retired doctor; and Eva Galindo, a doctor in the Palliative Care Unit at HUMV.

Death Cafés began in London in 2011, founded by Jon Underwood and inspired by Swiss sociologist and anthropologist Bernard Crettaz. Since then, the movement has spread worldwide with a simple aim: to offer spaces where people can talk about death in a respectful, non-judgemental atmosphere. After all, talking about death is also a way of thinking about how we want to live.

The session lasts two hours and is open to the general public, with places limited to 20 people. It’s free, but booking is essential. Coffee and biscuits will be served to accompany the conversation

Duration: 120 minutes.

Capacity: 20 people.

Audience: General.

Tickets for this event will be available soon.