La Muerte Visitada: relevancia de los espacios funerarios. Cementerio San Juan Bautista. Ituzaingó. Corrientes. Argentina

Abstract

La siguiente presentación propone aproximarnos a la valorización y relevancia de los espacios funerarios desde las experiencias recabadas en el Cementerio Público Municipal de la localidad de Ituzaingó, Corrientes. El trabajo de campo comprende el periodo extendido entre los años 2006-2015; se han realizado entrevistas, observaciones y registros en diferentes dispositivos tecnológicos. “La Muerte Visitada” habilita a la re-consideración de los espacios funerarios como portadores de memoria, arte, genealogías y representaciones socio-religiosas en torno a la vida, la muerte, lo cotidiano y lo sobrenatural. Encadenan un conjunto de prácticas y performance que defi nimos bajo la idea de tanatosemiosis (Bondar, 2012): procesos comunicativos-creativos de los vivos para con los muertos.

Th e following paper proposes an approach to an assessment of the relevant aspects of funereal spaces. Information was gathered from experiences in the Municipal Public Cemetery in the town of Ituzaingo, Corrientes, Argentina. Fieldwork includes research over a period between years 2006 to 2015. During this time interviews, observations and records were uploaded to various digital devices. "Death Revisited" enables the consideration of funereal spaces as containing memories of the deceased. Elements of ancestor worship, symbols of collective religious life, as well as memories of death as an everyday occurrence are discussed along with symbols of the supernatural as they are portrayed in art. Such practices and ritual performance may be included under the head of thanatosemeiosis (Bondar, 2012) a compound word from the Greek coined to indicate creative and communicative processes between the dead and the living.