Locating haunting: A ghost-hunter's guide

J Holloway, J Kneale - cultural geographies, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
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Recent work in human geography seems to support Roger Luckhurst's (2002) claim that the
humanities and social sciences are undergoing aspectral turn'. This paper is intended as a
contribution to thisturn'and to assist those who might be interested in investigating haunting.
It begins by discussing the meaning and value of ideas of haunting, identifying a number of
ways in which it makes analysis productively hesitant. Second, since hauntings usually
involve attempts to represent the unrepresentable, we would like to offer a practical guide for …
Recent work in human geography seems to support Roger Luckhurst's (2002) claim that the humanities and social sciences are undergoing a `spectral turn'. This paper is intended as a contribution to this `turn' and to assist those who might be interested in investigating haunting. It begins by discussing the meaning and value of ideas of haunting, identifying a number of ways in which it makes analysis productively hesitant. Second, since hauntings usually involve attempts to represent the unrepresentable, we would like to offer a practical guide for locating these awkward moments of hesitancy. Drawing upon a number of examples from films, literature and life we will discuss some of the ways in which ghosts may be made manifest, textually and materially. We will conclude by suggesting that in being hesitant and embracing indeterminacy we might open up new and potentially productive apprehensions of haunted spaces and the enchanting energetics that are particular to them.
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