Resumo
The commemorative practices of the 11th March 2004 train bombings in Madrid (11-M) involve many aspects, where mourning is linked to political protests, solidarity with the victims, rejection to terrorism or anti-war sentiment. This article is centred on how individuals and organizations appropriate sites and enact mourning events, as well as the practices involved in the commemoration of anniversaries and the reproduction of these practices over time. By focusing on the spatial dimension of memorialisation process, this article explores the tension between these different forms of memorials, and shows how it can lead to a phenomenon of topographic polarisation within the city landscape, in relation with rivalries between groups that do not remember the 11-M attacks in the same way, or do not commemorate it for the same purposes. The analysis is based primarly on ethnographic observations of the different memorial sites from the 2nd to the 6th anniversaries of 11-M attacks and specifically those around the Atocha train station.
Palabras chave
Memorials. Mourning. March 11 Train Attacks. Madrid.