Rita Lança
Ritualizing Death, Celebrating Life
This article presents a brief summary of the video available here, referring to the Lecture “Ritualizing Death, Celebrating Life”.
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Rita Lança
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Deep Ecology Lived
In this article, I address the relationship between Deep Ecology, Ethics, our identity and compassion.
Rita Lança
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Deep Ecology: The Work that Reconnects (WTR)
Continuing the Deep Ecology series, in this article I present The Work that Reconnects, formulated by Joanna Macy.
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Deep Ecology
This article begins a series dedicated to Deep Ecology, one of the movements that supports and inspires the services I provide as a Transiti
Rita Lança
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Transition Doula: The Concept, the Philosophy, and the Support Services
The counselling I offer is aimed at people who are going through significant changes, which can be
Rita Lança
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A Discussion on Integrative Health, a Firsthand Experience
This roundtable stems from a deep desire expressed by Carlos Chan when we first met, to create a space to give voice to people who have...
Rita Lança
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Eating from Death: Contributions to a sociology of end-of-life care II
This post continues the previous one, where I suggest you start reading. Wanderings from the body to the kitchen The architecture of the...
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Eating from Death: Contributions Towards a Sociology of End-of-life care - I
In my gut, intuition and curiosity have long been moving to combine two universes – eating and living, and how they intertwine and...
Rita Lança
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The role of doulas in the end-of-life landscape in Portugal
The figure of the doula in the community The role doulas play has been present in communities throughout history. Providing care and...
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Trends in end-of-life care in Portugal: Actors and Landscapes
In response to the article by journalist Helena Bento, Cuidar de quem está no fim da vida (Caring for People at the End of Life - to read...
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On holidays, contemplating death?
Inspired by a visit to the St John's Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, today I write about a subject that has bubbled up in me from a long...
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What do Halloween, Day of the Dead and Samhain have in common?
From ancient cults in which death was celebrated we have moved to practices mediated by commodification... We avoid thinking about death...
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We inhabited time...
As an alternative to the usual Halloween festivities in the city of Lagos, we chose to celebrate this night in a ritualized way, in a...
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Testimonies about the podcast Voices of Transition
Following up on the post regarding the podcast on the Voices of Transition (in Portuguese). Communicating about death is one of the great...
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