SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF NECROGEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS IN CZECHIA: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND FEATURES IN LANDSCAPE
Journal Title: FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA - Year 2010, Vol 50, Issue 1
Abstract
The interdisciplinary article analyzes the spatial differentiation in the manner, in which Czech society has dealt with death, as well as its causes, consequences and features in the landscape. The subject of death has become taboo in Czech society, and yet, especially, the manner of caring for deceased people is a sign of a society’s culture. Necrogeographical aspects – the manner, in which people deal with death and forms of cemeteries – reflect culture at different levels: state, region and local. Spatial differentiation of necrogeographical aspects within Czechia is analyzed via field surveys of model regions. Points of interaction between religion and method of burial are searched for in the article, because of the presumed influence of religion on the manner, in which people deal with death. The article focuses on an analysis of regional differences in Czechia, in terms of the manner, in which people treat the deceased (the phenomenon of cremation) and cemeteries. Cemeteries form a part of the landscape and are places of great significance, reflecting the culture of citizens living in a specific time and place (regional culture)
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Martina HUPKOVÁ
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