Camine

Cemetery Architecture - Meaning making Intentions, Needs and Experiences

An interdisciplinary project that aims to discern place making strategies and meaning making functions in relation to contemporary Swedish cemeteries

We explore the cemetery as a materialisation of cultural, social and individual processes of change through, a) exploring place making processes in the planning, design and construction of cemeteries, b) studying cemetery behaviour in terms of how individuals make use of the cemetery as a place for memorialisation and meaning making. The work draws on urban spatial and sociological theory as well as on a phenomenological and psychological approach.

Project organisation:

Project manager: Professor Carola Wingren, SLU
Assisting project manager: PhD, researcher, Maria Liljas Stålhandske, Uppsala University
Professor Eva Reimers, Linköping University
PhD, researcher, Anna Petersson, Lund University
PhD student Gunnar Cerwén, SLU
Close network: Associate Professor, Anna Davidsson Bremborg

Other networks related to the researchers:

European Schools of Landscape Architecture (ECLAs), The European network for landscape architecture, “le Nôtre”, International Association of People Environment Studies (IAPS) and the Nordic Network of Thanatology (NNT). The project is also connected to the Linnaeus research programme The Impact of Religion – Challenges for Society, Law and Democracy, administratively located at Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre, Uppsala University.