Informal deathscapes in metropolitan Lima as cultural knowledge systems

Christien Klaufus

Chapter 2 in New Perspectives on Urban Deathscapes, 2023, pp 21-41 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In Lima’s vast periphery to the South, East and North of the old city centre, migrants who arrived in large numbers from the mid-twentieth century onward not only constructed their own houses and settlements, but also burial spaces. The need for cheap dead disposal was high in the emerging settlements. The co-created, and co-managed deathscapes developed into permeable spaces that fuse with the surrounding settlements and the homes of the co-creators. Conceptually, these informal burial deathscapes can be scaled between ‘clandestine’ and not-fully-formal. Based on a case study in Villa Mar'a del Triunfo, this chapter fleshes out the multiple uses and meanings of the informal burial deathscape to present it as a system of local cultural knowledge production. I delve into the logics of the informal deathscape assemblage, unravelling the material, spiritual-religious, and economic dimensions to flesh out the significance of this cultural knowledge system for urban vulnerable populations.

Keywords: Geography; Sociology and Social Policy; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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