Making the cemetery work: the role of cemetery staff in grave plot choice

Marie Vejrup Nielsen

doi:10.1080/13576275.2021.1879756

Making the cemetery work: the role of cemetery staff in grave plot choice

Bidragets oversatte titel: Kirkegården på arbejde: kirkegårdspersonalets rolle i valg af gravsted

Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Afdeling for Religionsvidenskab

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

This article analyses the role of cemetery staff in governing death culture based on a study of cemetery staff working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark (ELCD). The article analyses the values that guide the staff’s practices as they conduct their role as frontline employees and navigate between rules, regulations and values in their encounters with the cemetery users. There is a specific focus on the process of guiding the choice of grave plot and the role of cemetery staff as central agents in the shaping of mortuary culture as part of contemporary lived religion. In doing so, it argues for the inclusion of a broader range of official professionals in the study of the lived religion of religious institutions today.

Bidragets oversatte titel	Kirkegården på arbejde: kirkegårdspersonalets rolle i valg af gravsted
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Mortality
Vol/bind	27
Nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	369-382
Antal sider	14
ISSN	1357-6275
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2021.1879756
Status	Udgivet - jul. 2022

Emneord

kirkegårde
folkekirken
personale på kirkegården
governance
samtidsreligion
død
gravsted

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1 Afsluttet

Død, minde og religion
Schmidt, U. (Projektleder), Johansen, K. H. (Deltager), Nielsen, M. V. (Deltager), Christensen, H. R. (Deltager), Kjærsgaard, A. (Deltager) & Johannessen-Henry, C. T. (Deltager)
NSE/NOS-H, Folkekirkens Uddannelses- og Videnscenter
01/01/2017 → 31/12/2021
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

1 Bidrag til bog/antologi

Roller og ritualer i danskernes dødskultur: perspektiver fra kirkegårdens personale
Nielsen, M. V., 2023, Præstens tjenestelige forpligtelser - kirkerettens retskilder: Kirkeretsantologi 2023. Christoffersen, L., Martensen-Larsen, M. & Kjærgaard, L. C. (red.). Frederiksberg: Eksistensen Akademisk, s. 161-174 (Kirkeretsantologi, Bind 2023).
Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/proceeding › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › peer review

1 Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus

Practices of Death
Johansen, K. H. (Deltager), Schmidt, U. (Arrangør), Nielsen, M. V. (Deltager), Christensen, H. R. (Deltager) & Kjærsgaard, A. (Deltager)
30 aug. 2017 → 1 sep. 2017
Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangement af en begivenhed - typer › Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus

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Making the cemetery work: the role of cemetery staff in grave plot choice

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Roller og ritualer i danskernes dødskultur: perspektiver fra kirkegårdens personale

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Practices of Death

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