Making Meaningful Lives LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries given by the American Society

given by the American Society for Theatre Research

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bringing onto the stage farmers and artisans

has been one of the most misunderstood of all the saints

Making Meaningful Lives LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries given by the American SocietyWhat makes for a meaningful life? In the Japanese context, the concept of ikigai provides a clue. Translated as "that which makes one's life worth living," ikigai has also come to mean that which gives a person happiness. In Japan, where the demographic cohort of elderly citizens is growing, and new modes of living and relationships are revising traditional multigenerational family structures, the elderly experience of ikigai is considered a public