DAY 1 · 10.23 FRI · ONLINE
Death Connectors Talk
10:00 – 12:30Zoom WebinarConference & Lecture
Care · dying · bereavement practitioners and social-sector professionals · anyone interested in death literacy and preparing for death
"Everyone who works with death is in one room."
Fee · KRW 10,000
Your fee goes straight into the research to build a Korean Death Literacy Index (DLI-K).
Fee-paying attendees also join 10/24 offline — free.
OPENING · Why death literacy, why now
Yoo Eun-sil, Founding Director, Seoul 36 Clinic · Chair, Death Literacy Connect Advisory Board
5′
SESSION 1 · Understand — the power to know, name and act on death
Prof. Lee So-ra, School of Public Health, La Trobe University · Advisor, Death Literacy Connect
25′
SESSION 2 · Look at — preparing for death, and carrying it on70′
The prepared death — what are we learning in order to die well? · 20′
Kang Won-nam, Director, Happy Death Well-Dying Institute
The death of those left behind — life goes on after death · 20′
Sr. Son Young-soon (Caritas), Mary Potter Hospice Spirituality Institute
The recorded death — what is the first step in preparing for death? · 20′
Mangohada
The measured death — where does Korea's death literacy stand? · 10′
Yun Eun-nam · Death Literacy Connect
- Break · 10 min
SESSION 3 · Connect — if generations differ, does death differ too?
20s–30s × 50s–60s Death Connect — Moderator: Kim Young-a / 20s–30s: Shin Ave / 50s–60s: Park Jin-ok, Nanum and Nanum
25′
Q&A · Bring out your own questions about death literacy
5′
DAY 2 · 10.24 SAT · OFFLINE
Dive in Death
13:00 – 19:00Bukseongjae, SeochonHands-on & festival
19 Pirundae-ro 7-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul · Open to the general public, Seochon residents, care/dying/social-sector practitioners — anyone.
"Are we really allowed to talk about death like this?" Today, yes — everyone, all ages.
Free entry · some activities may charge a small materials fee.
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Epitaph contest
A line from a book, a favourite quote, the image you want to be remembered by… what one line would you leave on your gravestone?
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Decorate-your-own coffin
If you were the one in the coffin — how would it look? A coffin, made and dressed by your hands.
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Funeral-portrait photo booth
Your funeral portrait, in four frames. The face you'd want to be remembered by.
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"Mum, what is dying?"
A children's picture-book curation, for talking about death with kids.
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Book talk · 18:00–18:50
A conversation with Dr. Song In-ju, author of A Society That Dies Alone. (Pre-registration · KRW 10,000 · 30 seats)
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One Last BGM
What is this music playing? We asked people which song they'd want on at their own funeral.
