‘Come, so that I may Chase you Away!’: On Ghost Hunts and Posthuman Ethics

Line Henriksen

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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?
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftSomatechnics
Vol/bind4
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)39-52
ISSN2044-0146
StatusUdgivet - 2014
Udgivet eksterntJa

Emneord

  • Hauntology
  • monsters
  • posthumanism
  • feminist theory
  • ethics
  • creepypasta

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