Temporalities - Histories - Hauntologies (Spr) (L2905B)

15 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll use arts-based methods to explore different ways of knowing and being in the Capitalocene.

You’ll draw on theory, citizen science, archives and artivism to question modern ways of thinking. You’ll focus on empirical data in the social sciences and explore what this leaves out. Using phenomenological approaches such as the weird, eerie and sublime, you’ll challenge how knowledge is produced and used. This will help you rethink the past, present and future.

Topics include:

  • thinking phenomenologically across T-H-H
  • hauntology
  • time out-of-joint
  • capitalist sorcery
  • haunted intimacies (policy, archives)
  • glitch (databases)
  • The Matrix (Film)
  • soundscapes (Audio)
  • landscapes (Photography)
  • map-making (AI)
  • memories of the future.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

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