Emotions in Finnish funerals during COVID-19 restrictions
Rituals are a way to express both personal and relational emotions. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted funerals around the world. Although the pandemic was not very severe in Finland, the restrictions on organizing and attending funerals were quite strict. This article seeks to uncover what kinds of em...
| Subtitles: | Emosjoner i finske gravferder under Covid-19 restriksjonene |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Tidsskrift for praktisk teologi
Year: 2024, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-69 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Covid-19
B Emosjoner B Følelser B Ritual B Begravelse B Gravferd |
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| Summary: | Rituals are a way to express both personal and relational emotions. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted funerals around the world. Although the pandemic was not very severe in Finland, the restrictions on organizing and attending funerals were quite strict. This article seeks to uncover what kinds of emotions participants experienced when organizing and attending funerals during COVID-19, as well as what these emotions may reveal regarding funerals during a pandemic. The 45 letters that form the qualitative data of the research offer some important real-time insights into how funeral practices were experienced during the pandemic. Thematic analyses revealed the following main themes: irritation when organizing a funeral, contradictory emotions about attending a funeral, embodiment of emotions, and funeral ritual as a channel of meaning. The strongest negative emotions were directed towards the restrictions, rather than being the type of painful emotions normally connected with funerals and bereavement. Even though the letters focused on funerals, they additionally revealed reflections on the pandemic. This shows that the funeral acted both as a normal life cycle ritual and as a disaster ritual, which helped the writers to cope with the pandemic itself. Ritualer er en måte å uttrykke både personlige og relasjonelle følelser på. COVID-19-pandemien påvirket begravelser rundt om i verden. Selv om pandemien ikke var særlig alvorlig i Finland, var restriksjonene for organisering og deltagelse i begravelser ganske strenge. Denne artikkelen søker å avdekke hva slags følelser deltakerne opplevde når de organiserte og deltok i begravelser under COVID-19, samt hva disse følelsene kan fortelle oss om begravelser under en pandemi. De 45 brevene som danner de kvalitative dataene til forskningen gir viktig sanntidsinnsikt i hvordan begravelsespraksiser ble opplevd under pandemien. Tematiske analyser avdekket følgende hovedtemaer: irritasjon ved organisering av en begravelse, motstridende følelser om å delta i en begravelse, legemliggjøring av følelser og begravelsesritual som en meningskanal. De sterkeste negative følelsene var rettet mot restriksjonene, snarere enn å være den typen smertefulle følelser som normalt er knyttet til begravelser og dødsfall. Selv om brevene fokuserte på begravelser, avslørte de i tillegg refleksjoner rundt pandemien. Dette viser at begravelsen fungerte både som et normalt livssyklusritual og som et katastroferitual, noe som hjalp forfatterne til å takle selve pandemien. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Tidsskrift for praktisk teologi
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.48626/tpt.v41i1.5566 |
