(en) Covid-19 has led to unprecedented social and health measures, including significant restrictions on funeral rituals. Digital technologies have therefore become a way of ritualizing death, despite these health measures. Based on a longitudinal study of French-speaking Canadians bereaved of a close relative during the pandemic, this article describes the forms of digital rituals performed, their appreciation, and their effects on the experience of mourning and the health of bereaved individuals.
Cherblanc, J., Simard, C., Verdon, C., Gauthier, G., Maltais, D., Grenier, J., Bergeron-Leclerc, C., Cadell, S., Zech, E., Sani, L., & Bacqué, M.-F. (2022). Pratiques rituelles numériques en temps de pandémie. Etudes sur la Mort, 157(1), 75-96. https://doi.org/10.3917/eslm.157.0075 (Original work published 2022)