'Come, so that I may Chase you Away!' On Ghost Hunts and Posthuman Ethics. (March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Henriksen, Line
• Is Part Of: Somatechnics. Volume 4:Number 1(2014)
• Page Start: 39
• Page End: 52
• Publication Date: 2014-03
• Subjects: Human body -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 306.4613
• DOI: 10.3366/soma.2014.0111
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2044-0138

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>'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?</p> </abstract>