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Most ghosts don't know they're ghosts; they have to be told. This seminar proceeds from the simple but potentially distressing premise that you are already a ghost. Ghost hunting is a technology of attention and a set of practices for noticing what we have trained ourselves not to see.
Together, we will explore the history and practice of ghost hunting: its tools (spirit boxes, EMF meters, cameras, the Estes method), its methods, locations, and obsessions. We will read, experiment, and create our own instruments for detecting the paranormal. But the real target of our instruments will be ourselves: how we define ghosts, what technologies mediate these definitions, and what it would mean to finally pay attention to our own haunted condition.
Drawing on both historical study and hands-on experimentation, this seminar asks: what does it mean to hunt for something you already are? What can ghost hunting teach us about attention, mediation, and the eerie persistence of the present? Do you accept that you are a ghost? Can you achieve ghost consciousness?
No prior experience with the paranormal (or its theory) is required. Generosity, curiosity, and a willingness to be haunted are the only prerequisites. Skeptics welcome, ghosts especially.
Led by Katherine Guinness, theorist and historian of contemporary art at the University of Maryland.
Mondays, 6:30-9:00pm
August 3rd-17th
Our courses cost $250, with an Advanced rate for students with an income above 100k. We also offer a Discounted rate for students with constraining circumstances.
Please see our Refund Policy HERE.
Additionally, we offer three tuition-waiver scholarships per course. To apply for a scholarship, click HERE.
Most ghosts don't know they're ghosts; they have to be told. This seminar proceeds from the simple but potentially distressing premise that you are already a ghost. Ghost hunting is a technology of attention and a set of practices for noticing what we have trained ourselves not to see.
Together, we will explore the history and practice of ghost hunting: its tools (spirit boxes, EMF meters, cameras, the Estes method), its methods, locations, and obsessions. We will read, experiment, and create our own instruments for detecting the paranormal. But the real target of our instruments will be ourselves: how we define ghosts, what technologies mediate these definitions, and what it would mean to finally pay attention to our own haunted condition.
Drawing on both historical study and hands-on experimentation, this seminar asks: what does it mean to hunt for something you already are? What can ghost hunting teach us about attention, mediation, and the eerie persistence of the present? Do you accept that you are a ghost? Can you achieve ghost consciousness?
No prior experience with the paranormal (or its theory) is required. Generosity, curiosity, and a willingness to be haunted are the only prerequisites. Skeptics welcome, ghosts especially.
Led by Katherine Guinness, theorist and historian of contemporary art at the University of Maryland.
Mondays, 6:30-9:00pm
August 3rd-17th
Our courses cost $250, with an Advanced rate for students with an income above 100k. We also offer a Discounted rate for students with constraining circumstances.
Please see our Refund Policy HERE.
Additionally, we offer three tuition-waiver scholarships per course. To apply for a scholarship, click HERE.