What's the Matter with Ghost Stories?. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jones, John Paul
• Is Part Of: GeoHumanities. Volume 5:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 278
• Page End: 281
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Derrida -- ghosts -- place; 德希达 -- 鬼魅 -- 地方; Derrida -- fantasmas -- lugar; Arts and geography -- Periodicals; Human geography -- Periodicals; 304.2
• DOI: 10.1080/2373566X.2018.1500866
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-566X

Abstract

Abstract : In this short reflection I report on a pair of ghostly encounters. Such experiences are by no means rare, but geographers, like other social scientists, have been reluctant to treat ghosts as a serious object of study. Here I raise some questions that might guide future research.