From bones to ashes:

Formoso, Bernard

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511782251.010

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“…It is noteworthy that exhumation is often considered as a disturbance to the dead in Chinese religion (Formoso, 2012). This goes against the fundamental aspiration for ideal ways of handling death through returning to nature (ru tu wei an).…”

Section: Political Ecology and The Affective Negotiation Of Secularis...mentioning

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“…The Buddhist ethics of karma provides clarity about what happens after death: death was a process of rebirth and transforming into afterlife (Williams and Ladwig, 2012). Taoists believe that without a proper burial and geomantic (or fengshui ) placing of the dead, their souls would “transform into hungry and wandering ghosts who threaten the living as well as the social order” (Formoso, 2012: 192)…”

Section: Chinese Religion Death and The Political Ecology Of Singaporementioning

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The Political Ecology of Death: Chinese Religion and The Affective Tensions of Secularised Burial Rituals in Singapore

Gao

Woods

Kong

2021

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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This paper explores the political ecology of death and the affective tensions of secularised burial rituals in Singapore. Although scholars have recently acknowledged the roles of biopower and affect in shaping environmental politics, religion and death as socio-affective forces have not been substantively engaged with by political ecologists. We argue that death is inherently both a spiritual and ecological phenomenon, as it exposes not only the spiritual geographies that structure how people see the natural world, but also the affective tensions and struggles over what counts as a “proper” form of burial in relation to religion and nature. First, we demonstrate how the Singapore state utilises a politico-ecological discourse to secularise Chinese death rituals, such that the death can be separated from the transcendent spheres and incorporated into the environmental biopolitics. Second, we focus on how people's variegated affective inhabitations of religion and secularity condition the political ecology of death. In doing so, this paper foregrounds the roles of religion, secularity and affect in rethinking the “political” of political ecology.

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Section: Chinese Religion Death and The Political Ecology Of Singaporementioning

confidence: 99%

The Political Ecology of Death: Chinese Religion and The Affective Tensions of Secularised Burial Rituals in Singapore

Gao

Woods

Kong

2021

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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“…At that time, skeletons discovered accidentally in building sites and those in tombs occupied the farmland must be shifted. Thus, local communist officials pragmatically relied on Kongtek ritual specialists to smoothly manage this sensitive issue (Formoso, 2012). Communist governments allowed paper offering craftsmen to continue their handicraft workshops, and in administrative bureau of industry and commerce, paper offering workshops were registered as Superstitious Sector (迷信业).…”

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The adaptation of the Kongtek ritual in Bangkok's China Town

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This thesis examines the Kongtek ritual characteristics in Bangkok’s Chinatown through fieldwork conducted at several temples. Kongtek rituals in Bangkok’s Chinatown retain the core essence of Chinese Kongtek in terms of filial piety and Confucian kinship conception, while adapted in some respects to be compatible with Thai Buddhist beliefs and practices. Those adapted parts include what kind of coffin they use, where the Kongtek rituals take place, the collaboration with Theravada Buddhist funeral chant, the motif design of paper offerings, and so on. Sino-Thai’s Chinese ethnic identity is not how orthodox they live their lives in Chinese ways, but rather it is whether they still consider themselves as Chinese. The Kongtek ritual is very important for Sino-Thai to maintain their ethnic identity because as one of the most important life passage ceremony, it renders a precious occasion to remind Sino-Thai of where they are from and who they are. The adapted Kongtek ritual in Bangkok’s Chinatown chiefly serves these functions of maintaining Chinese identity and therapy for recovering from grief. Nevertheless, Kongtek tradition is destined to decline in Bangkok.

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Diamond Island bridge is falling down: Cultural deathscapes of grief, funeral ceremonies, and continuing bonds after a disaster in Cambodia I – The first days

Eisenbruch

2021

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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From bones to ashes:

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

The Political Ecology of Death: Chinese Religion and The Affective Tensions of Secularised Burial Rituals in Singapore

The Political Ecology of Death: Chinese Religion and The Affective Tensions of Secularised Burial Rituals in Singapore

The adaptation of the Kongtek ritual in Bangkok's China Town

Diamond Island bridge is falling down: Cultural deathscapes of grief, funeral ceremonies, and continuing bonds after a disaster in Cambodia I – The first days

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