From Cemeteries to Luxurious Memorial Parks

From Cemeteries to Luxurious Memorial Parks

The second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries were characterized by high-speed urban development that resulted in the encircling of the old Chinese cemeteries by new settlements. In many cities, especially in Manila, Jakarta and Surabaya, incoming migrants squatted on cemetery...

Descrizione completa

Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Pubblicato in:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel,
Autore principale: Salmon, Claudine
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Archipel 2017
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
id openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_320
record_format openedition
spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_320 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.320 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.320 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/320 2017-02-16T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a1vv https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ From Cemeteries to Luxurious Memorial Parks Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Salmon, Claudine The second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries were characterized by high-speed urban development that resulted in the encircling of the old Chinese cemeteries by new settlements. In many cities, especially in Manila, Jakarta and Surabaya, incoming migrants squatted on cemetery land. Some municipal authorities issued new regulations intended to close old Chinese burial sites and eventually to demolish them. It is in the context of this grave burial crisis that the private sector came in. The first private-led initiative into the memorial park business appeared in 1964 when the multinational Castle and Cooke taking advantage of American models, founded Manila Memorial Park which opened the era of a new concept of deathscape in Insular Southeast Asia. This new concept of memorial park located at the periphery of cities was introduced in Malaysia in 1990-1991, and in Indonesia in 2002-2003. In both cases, the initiative came from local entrepreneurs. In this article we look at pioneers in the memorialization industry, development of memorial parks as gardens of dreams, new cemeteries as mirrors of cultural identities, legal frameworks, the memorialization industry, and finally marketing strategies. La seconde moitié du xxe s. et le début du xxie s. sont caractérisés par un développement urbain accéléré qui a entraîné l’encerclement des vieux cimetières chinois par de nouveaux quartiers. Dans de nombreuses villes, notamment à Manille, à Jakarta et à Surabaya, les migrants venus des campagnes s’installèrent dans les cimetières ce qui amena certaines municipalités à fermer ces derniers et éventuellement à les détruire. C’est dans le contexte de cette grave crise funéraire qu’intervint le secteur privé. La première initiative apparut aux Philippines lorsqu’en 1964 la multinationale Castle and Cooke, s’inspirant des modèles américains, créa le Manila Memorial Park qui allait ouvrir une nouvelle ère de cimetières privés en Insulinde. Cette nouvelle conception de cimetière situé à la périphérie des villes allait ensuite être reprise par les Chinois de Malaisie dans les années 1990-1991 et par ceux d’Indonésie dans les années 2002-2003. Dans cette étude, nous nous penchons sur les pionniers de l’industrie funéraire, le développement des nouveaux cimetières comme jardins de rêve, et comme miroirs des identités culturelles. Enfin, nous envisageons les cadres juridiques de cette industrie ainsi que les stratégies de marketing.
collection OpenEdition Journal
language Anglais
format Article ou chapitre numérique
building 0/Bibliothèque numérique/
1/Bibliothèque numérique/OpenEdition Journals/
description The second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries were characterized by high-speed urban development that resulted in the encircling of the old Chinese cemeteries by new settlements. In many cities, especially in Manila, Jakarta and Surabaya, incoming migrants squatted on cemetery land. Some municipal authorities issued new regulations intended to close old Chinese burial sites and eventually to demolish them. It is in the context of this grave burial crisis that the private sector came in. The first private-led initiative into the memorial park business appeared in 1964 when the multinational Castle and Cooke taking advantage of American models, founded Manila Memorial Park which opened the era of a new concept of deathscape in Insular Southeast Asia. This new concept of memorial park located at the periphery of cities was introduced in Malaysia in 1990-1991, and in Indonesia in 2002-2003. In both cases, the initiative came from local entrepreneurs. In this article we look at pioneers in the memorialization industry, development of memorial parks as gardens of dreams, new cemeteries as mirrors of cultural identities, legal frameworks, the memorialization industry, and finally marketing strategies.
author Salmon, Claudine
spellingShingle Salmon, Claudine
From Cemeteries to Luxurious Memorial Parks
author_facet Salmon, Claudine
author_sort Salmon, Claudine
title From Cemeteries to Luxurious Memorial Parks
title_short From Cemeteries to Luxurious Memorial Parks
title_full From Cemeteries to Luxurious Memorial Parks
title_fullStr From Cemeteries to Luxurious Memorial Parks
title_full_unstemmed From Cemeteries to Luxurious Memorial Parks
title_sort from cemeteries to luxurious memorial parks
publisher Archipel
publishDate 2017
container_title URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel
url https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.320
https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/320
_version_ 1877294374639894528

Documenti analoghi