Abstract
‘Creepypastas’ are short horror stories that circulate online, spreading through the act of copying and pasting, and often threatening to ‘curse’ the reader in the process. In this article I explore what it might mean to strike up companionship with and show responsibility towards that which is considered non-existent yet, as in the case of creepypasta and its monsters, hauntingly present nonetheless. I do so through the framework of Jacques Derrida's ‘hauntology’ as well as Donna Haraway's work on responsibility as a question of how to respond to the response of the non/human other. The question I would like to ask is this: how might one respond to the response of the non/human other, if the non/human other is considered to not exist?
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Somatechnics |
Vol/bind | 4 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Sider (fra-til) | 39-52 |
ISSN | 2044-0146 |
Status | Udgivet - 2014 |
Udgivet eksternt | Ja |
Emneord
- Hauntology
- monsters
- posthumanism
- feminist theory
- ethics
- creepypasta