Let’s talk about death over dinner

Two initiatives here that encourage discussing death, grief, and loss – Death Over Dinner and Death Cafe – build on a steady stream of community efforts to normalise conversations about the end of life. One such example is NTU’s Dying To Talk campaign in 2021, which encouraged participants to confront mortality with their family members over dinner at home. NTU SSS' Assoc Prof Andy Ho says these moves have helped to shift the perception of death in Singapore, with more people now aware of what life’s final journey entails.  But wholly undoing centuries of superstition and taboo will take yet more time, as well as a nationwide campaign that spans multiple fronts.

Click here to read article.