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Ancestor Memorialization

Ancestor Memorialization is a scholarly construct that designates the systematic practice of creating and maintaining physical, symbolic, or ritualistic representations of deceased progenitors within a cultural or religious framework, distinguished from related practices by its emphasis on preserving individual and collective ancestral identities through structured commemorative acts.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Back to the Land of Roots. African American Tourism and the Cultural Heritage of the River Gambia

Alice Bellagamba · Cahiers d études africaines · 2009 · 41 citations · Full text

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DNA and cultures of remembrance: Anthropological genetics, biohistories and biosocialities

Marianne Sommer · BioSocieties · 2010 · 41 citations

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SSSR Presidential Address, 2004: Putting an End to Ancestor Worship

Rodney Stark · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 2004 · 30 citations · Full text

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A Pilgrimage Home

Heather A. Horst · Journal of Material Culture · 2004 · 20 citations

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Trans-Border Rituals for the Dead: Experiential Knowledge of Paternal Relatives after the Jeju 4.3 Incident

Sungman Koh, B. A. Wright · Journal of Korean religions · 2018 · 18 citations

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Authors

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  1. AB
    Alice Bellagamba

    University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  2. BA
    B. A. Wright

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  3. SK
    Satsuki Kawano

    University of Guelph, Canada

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. SK
    Sungman Koh

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. KT
    Katina T. Lillios

    University of Iowa, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Baylor University

    Waco, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  2. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  4. University of Bucharest

    Bucharest, Romania

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 publications

    18 citations

  6. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    1 publications

    18 citations

  7. College of Charleston

    Charleston, United States

    1 publications

    18 citations

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Venues

  1. BioSocieties

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  2. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)

    Repository · 1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. Journal of Korean religions

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. Cahiers d études africaines

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. Journal of Material Culture

    1 publications · 20 citations

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