Circulation of the Dead, Anchoring of Bodies and Mourning without Borders
When death occurs, the focus is on how communities determine the destiny of the corpse. It is rarer for the mobility of the dead to be a concern; this includes not only the movement from where they died to their burial place, but also when they pass from one cemetery to another, when they are exposed in public places or when they cross borders. Based on documentary and field research conducted with migrant families who repatriated a deceased close relative, I seek to provide insight into the question of the forms of mobility of human remains and their anchorings, during short as well as long temporalities, so as to re-examine certain conceptions of death and mourning.