The death positive library

Stacey Pitsillides; Claire Nally; Anita Luby; Rhonda Brooks; Fiona Hill; Joanne Ghee; Katherine Ingham; Judith Robinson

doi:10.4324/9781003195870-33

The death positive library

Stacey Pitsillides, Claire Nally, Anita Luby, Rhonda Brooks, Fiona Hill, Joanne Ghee, Katherine Ingham, Judith Robinson

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This chapter focuses on a body of work (2018-2021) that explores public libraries' role in engaging topics of death and dying with their communities. The Death Positive Library is an action research project and crosscountry UK collaboration between Redbridge, Kirklees and Newcastle Libraries and academics at Northumbria University. Design and humanities research is at the heart of this partnership. By using polyvocal and multiple methods of engagement our aim is to create impact by opening outwards the question of personal legacy. COVID-19 shifted the nature of this research as it mapped onto the broader public demand for events exploring death, as people attempted to understand and navigate the new global picture. Live methods and public testing were core to this exploration, including public installations, physical and digital death cafes, festivals, online book club/ film club with author Q&As alongside the development of a curated booklist and online/ library-based website for navigating creative, cultural, and future options for the end of life-giving the public creative spaces for contemplating mortality.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death
Editors	Trish Biers, Katie Stringer Clary
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Chapter	27
Pages	389-401
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003195870
ISBN (Print)	9781032047041
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003195870-33
Publication status	Published - 26 Jul 2023

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Name	The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death
Publisher	Routledge

Keywords

Death Positive
Speculative Design
English Literature
Fiction
Libraries
COVID-19
Mortality
Legacy

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The death positive library. / Pitsillides, Stacey ; Nally, Claire; Luby, Anita et al.
The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death. ed. / Trish Biers; Katie Stringer Clary. London: Taylor & Francis, 2023. p. 389-401 (The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death).

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