On October 9th and 23rd, the cycle “Let’s break the silence: let’s talk about grief” took place in the city of Lleida, co-organized by the Social Observatory of CaixaForum and the AFIN Group of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona with the scientific direction and moderation of both events by Diana Marre, director of AFIN and professor of the Department of Anthropology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
The event on October 9 was attended by José Ramón Ubieto, psychologist and psychoanalyst and columnist for La Vanguardia, Anna Freixas Farre, writer, doctor in psychology and retired university professor, and Xusa Serra Llanas, nurse, anthropologist and thanatologist, president of GestDol, Bereavement Service of the Hospital Universitat General de Catalunya and SOM Mental Health 360 of the Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu.
The event on October 23rd was attended by Joan Cerles March Cerdà, doctor of medicine, professor, researcher and communicator on health issues, Elisa Llurba Olivé, director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Service of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, of the Bedona functional medicine clinic and associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Silvia Fernández Cadevall, president and founder of Arte Palomar, president of Arte Palomar, president and founder of Arte Paliativo, a social organization that seeks to accompany the emotional dimension of people suffering from an illness through artistic expression, who in 2023 has been awarded the Princess of Girona Social Award for her career.