Reference : Co-Creating Ritual Spaces and Communities: An Analysis of Municipial Cemetery Tongers...

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences Arts & humanities : Art & art history Arts & humanities : Religion & theology
	Focus Areas :	Migration and Inclusive Societies
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44124

Title :	Co-Creating Ritual Spaces and Communities: An Analysis of Municipial Cemetery Tongerseweg, Maastricht, 1812-2020
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Jedan, Christoph [University of Groningen > Department of Christianity and the History of Ideas]
	Kmec, Sonja [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
	Kolnberger, Thomas [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
	Venbrux, Eric [Radbound University, Nijmegen > Center for Thanatology/Department of Comparative Religion]
	Westendorp, Mariske [University of Groningen > Department of Christianity and the History of Ideas]
Publication date :	2020
Journal title :	Religions
Publisher :	MDPI AG
Volume :	11
Issue/season :	9
Special issue title :	Exploring Ritual Fields Today
Pages :	435
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBilu)
Audience :	International
e-ISSN :	2077-1444
Country :	Switzerland
Keywords :	[en] ritual dynamics ; space ; boundaries ; religious groups ; minority groups ; pluralization ; cocreation
Abstract :	[en] Cemeteries have been viewed in opposed ways as ritual spaces that either mirror society or present an idealized model of society. In this article, we propose an analysis of cemeteries as ritual spaces, focused on the case study of municipal cemetery Tongerseweg in Maastricht, among the most important monumental cemeteries still in active use in The Netherlands today. Drawing on historical as well as interview material, spatial and ritual studies, the authors argue for a new “Arena Model” to understand cemeteries as dynamic ritual spaces. Cemeteries do not only form an ensemble of ritual spaces that are reliant on pre-existing communities, they also evoke, produce and maintain communities. Codeterminants are the physical layout and a wide range of ritual markers that variously underscore, mitigate or even contradict the communities created by the spatial layout. Important actors pertain to municipal politics and administration as well as the users, their respective allies and service providers. The article further analyses the wide range of competing values that help to shape a cycle of cocreating plural ritual spaces as well as communities
Name of the research project :	RIP
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/44124
DOI :	10.3390/rel11090435
Other URL :	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/9/435
Mentions required by the publisher for OA :	https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11090435
FnR project :	FnR ; FNR8333105 > Sonja Kmec > R.I.P. > Material Culture and Spaces of Remembrance. A Study of Cemeteries in Luxembourg in the Context of the Greater Region > 01/08/2015 > 31/07/2018 > 2014

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