  The paper presents a program to construct a non-relativistic relational
Bohmian theory, that is, a theory of $N$ moving point-like particles that
dispenses with space and time as fundamental background structures. The
relational program proposed is based on the best-matching framework originally
developed by Julian Barbour. In particular, the paper focuses on the conceptual
problems that arise when trying to implement such a program. It is argued that
pursuing a relational strategy in the Bohmian context leads to a more
parsimonious ontology than that of standard Bohmian mechanics without betraying
the original motivations for adopting a primitive ontology approach to quantum
physics. It is also shown how a relational Bohmian approach might clarify the
issue of the timelessness of the dynamics resulting from the quantization of a
classical relational system of particles.
