Abstract
Title: Towards a transdisciplinary approach to the links between funerary practices and identities: problems, debates and concepts
The study of funerary practices is a means of apprehending present or past societies through observations, tools, notions or concepts borrowed from the humanities and social sciences. However, this approach meets numerous hurdles in defining identity or identities as cultural constructs or constructions. It is therefore necessary to define what is meant by funerary practice on the one hand and identity(ies) on the other hand. In this regard, interdisciplinary discussions play a key role to address the issues linked to the combination of these two notions, as well as to get a better grasp of the methods and the extent of the knowledge accessible in the study of a society.
Keywords: Anthropology, epistemology, funerary practices, funerary archaeology, humanities, identities, philosophy of death.