Blar i forfatter Institutt for arkeologi, historie, religionsvitenskap og teologi "Godin, Geneviève"
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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 ...