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HNSC 3314 Human Encounters with Death and Bereavement

Readings & Videos

Weekly Content

  1. Weekly lecture video
  2. The NY Times article (2018, June 22) The Positive Death Movement Comes to Life
  3. Ira Byock video (2008) "Are Americans particularly afraid of death?" (4:21)
  4. Candy Chang video (2012) "Before I die I want to..." (6:20)
  5. Stephen Cave video (2013) "The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death" (15:34)
  6. [OPTIONAL] Lion King (1994) “The Death of Mufasa” (3:12)

Citation: Ira Byock (2008) Are Americans particularly afraid of death? (4:21) BigTHINK https://bigthink.com/videos/are-americans-particularly-afraid-of-death/

Citation: Stephen Cave. (July 2013) The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death.(15:19) https://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_cave_the_4_stories_we_tell_ourselves_about_death?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Citation: Andy Chang (July 2012) Before I die I want to ... (6:03) TEDGlobal https://www.ted.com/talks/candy_chang_before_i_die_i_want_to?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

OPTIONAL VIDEO


Citation: d3ssire (Nov 9, 2009) Lion King: The Death of Mufasa (3:21) https://youtu.be/LGtJn-L5xEs?si=Ha6CJGeehQc-D1f4

Activities Due

  1. Longer Slack post (Sun)
  2. Two Slack replies (Wed)
  3. Session #2 Quiz on Blackboard (Wed)
  4. Assignment #1 “So I talked to ___ about death“ submitted on Slack (5 pts)

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