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0322/2025 - Memorialization practices in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: the online wake ritual
Prática de memorialização virtual no contexto da pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil: rito do velório online

Author:

• Lucidalva Costa de Freitas - Freitas, LC - <lucidalvafreitas@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1641-2363

Co-author(s):

• Paulo Roberto Nassar de Oliveira - Oliveira, PRN - <paulonassar@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2251-9589
• Luiz Alberto de Farias - Farias, LA - <lafarias@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3642-4780
• Maria Helena Morgani de Almeida - Almeida, MHM - <hmorgani@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7266-9262
• Marina Picazzio Perez Batista - Batista, MPP - <marinapperez@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6147-1728


Abstract:

This study aimed to understand the online wake ritual as a virtual Memorialization practice in
the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. This is an exploratory and descriptive
qualitative study, with the document analysis as study design. A search was conducted on the
Google platform, with links published between March 11, 2020 and July 27, 2021, in
Portuguese, with “Brazil” as geographic delimitation. Among the 4924 links identified, 162
links referred to online news articles published in the context of the pandemic and available
for full and free access. Among these, 65 were selected as they mentioned the online wake
ritual. They were analyzed through content analysis. Significant transformations were
identified in the topography of the wake ritual, in order to respond to sanitary restrictions and
social distancing measures. These were related, for instance to: the form and diversity of
people involved in the offering; transmission mode; aspects related to spatiality and
temporality. The presence of singularized symbolic elements concerning belongingness gave
visibility to the leading role of bereaved in the design of wake ritual.

Keywords:

Memorialization practices; Ritualistic Behavior; Information Technology; COVID 19 Pandemic

Content:

Memorialization practices in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: the online wake ritual


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Freitas, LC, Oliveira, PRN, Farias, LA, Almeida, MHM, Batista, MPP. Memorialization practices in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: the online wake ritual. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Sep). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/memorialization-practices-in-the-context-of-the-covid19-pandemic-in-brazilthe-online-wake-ritual/19798?id=19798



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