To Absent Friends , a people’s festival of storytelling and remembrance

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ID20159412
AutoresRebecca Patterson (0000-0002-0304-5197, National Council for Palliative Care, autor correspondente), Rebecca M Patterson (Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, Edinburgh, Scotland), Robert J Peacock (Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, Edinburgh, Scotland, autor correspondente), Mark A Hazelwood (Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, Edinburgh, Scotland), Mark Hazelwood (0000-0002-8751-1780, National Council for Palliative Care, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume36
Fascículo3
Páginas119-126
Data de publicação2017-09-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBereavement Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0268-2621 • E-ISSN: 1944-8279
EditoraCruse Bereavement Care (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02682621.2017.1387336
OpenAlexW2766918919
IdiomaEN
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To Absent Friends (TAF) is a Scotland-wide festival of storytelling and remembrance which takes place annually from 1-7 November. Born from a desire to reduce the social isolation of people who have been bereaved, TAF provides an opportunity for people across Scotland to remember, to tell stories, to celebrate and to reminisce about people they love who have died. This article explains the rationale for initiating a participative festival of this kind, provides an overview of TAF and gives case study illustrations of four different categories of activity: public; private; community and online. It concludes that TAF enables local creativity, has the potential to engage people from all walks of life, and there is great scope for its future growth and positive impact

Art · Creativity · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Social isolation · Sociology · Storytelling · Visual arts · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Psychology · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Psychology