• Materiality, Monstrosity, and Queer Ecology: An Archaeology of Failure 

      Godin, Geneviève (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2023-10-31)
      This project delves into the phenomenon of unruly material legacies in the Anthropocene and develops what we may call a contemporary archaeology of failure. It is first and foremost grounded in the idea that things which have been discarded, abandoned, or lost, yet refused to disappear can be said to have failed. Building on this premise, I then reflect on the unintended and unwanted masses of things ...
    • Monstrous things: horror, othering, and the Anthropocene 

      Godin, Geneviève (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-15)
      This article approaches the masses of discarded things washed ashore and roaming waterways as the new monsters of the Anthropocene. It explores the ways in which monstrosity and archaeology intersect, and how the genre of horror simultaneously emerges from and informs the current epoch. As they embark on their post-abandonment journey, things’ immense scale, spread, and refusal to serve as proxies ...