This article triangulates radio, social relations, and remembrance to explore how the Faroese memorialize their dead and what these practices tell us about how “communities of meaning” are symbolically created in small-scale societies. The Faroese have a remarkable appreciation for local remembrance through obituaries, “death notices,” well-attended funerals, and the writing of local histories (bygdarsøgur). The Faroese constantly (re)construct Faroese community on the radio. A Faroese community acts as a repository of symbols—signifiers of belonging which equate to knowledge of lineage. Villagers demarcate the boundaries of these communities symbolically. With radio “death notices” read out twice a day, the radio voice is not just memorializing but is also the token of a nurtured linguistic consciousness. The Faroese have a “felt” attachment for their language, and alongside memorializing practices, the spoken word is an important contributing factor to this “community of meaning.”

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缅怀逝者：广播中法罗社区的（重新）建设

本文对广播、社会关系和纪念进行了三角测量，以探索法罗群岛如何纪念他们的死者，以及这些做法告诉我们“意义共同体”是如何在小规模社会中象征性地创造出来的。法罗群岛人通过讣告、“死亡通知”、参加人数众多的葬礼和撰写当地历史 (bygdarsøgur) 对当地的纪念有着非凡的欣赏。法罗人不断（重新）在广播中重建法罗人社区。法罗群岛社区充当符号库——归属的象征，等同于血统知识。村民象征性地划定了这些社区的边界。每天两次广播“死亡通知”，广播的声音不仅是纪念，而且是培养语言意识的标志。