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ID20418
NAMEM Hanks
GIVEN NAMESM
FAMILY NAMEHanks
SIGNATUREHANKS M
AFFILIATIONSNew York University
ORCID0000-0001-8256-9919
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS8
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2
  • Haunted Objects

    M Hanks•ARTICLE•Nova Religio The Journal of…•2019

    In contemporary England, paranormal investigation has emerged as a popular means of seeking knowledge about reportedly ghostly phenomena. Paranormal investigators are self-fashioned experts who aim to balance scientistic and spiritual perspectives in the hope of proving or disproving the existence of ghosts from an objective perspective. Despite their collective goal to understand the paranormal, many investigators experience profound doubt of it…

  • Between Electricity and Spirit

    Open Access•M Hanks•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•2016•Cited by: 6•References: 49

    In contemporary England, amateur paranormal investigators actively seek empirical evidence of the paranormal. These investigators are self-fashioned experts who aim to balance scientific and spiritual perspectives in hopes of researching the existence of ghosts from an objective perspective. Despite actively seeking out ghosts and amassing firsthand paranormal experiences, investigators remain deeply doubtful about the nature of their evidence an…

  • Redefining Rationality

    M Hanks•ARTICLE•Ethnos•2016•Cited by: 2•References: 40

    In contemporary England, amateur paranormal investigators are actively engaged in attempts to produce objective knowledge about the ghostly and paranormal. Their project requires them to balance subjective, personal encounters with objective, technologically mediated ones. In doing so, they struggle to align their project with dominant understandings of rationality. Drawing on an ethnographic study of knowledge production among paranormal investi…

  • Between Electricity and Spirit

    Open Access•M Hanks•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•2016•Cited by: 6•References: 49

    In contemporary England, amateur paranormal investigators actively seek empirical evidence of the paranormal. These investigators are self-fashioned experts who aim to balance scientific and spiritual perspectives in hopes of researching the existence of ghosts from an objective perspective. Despite actively seeking out ghosts and amassing firsthand paranormal experiences, investigators remain deeply doubtful about the nature of their evidence an…

  • Redefining Rationality

    M Hanks•ARTICLE•Ethnos•2016•Cited by: 2•References: 40

    In contemporary England, amateur paranormal investigators are actively engaged in attempts to produce objective knowledge about the ghostly and paranormal. Their project requires them to balance subjective, personal encounters with objective, technologically mediated ones. In doing so, they struggle to align their project with dominant understandings of rationality. Drawing on an ethnographic study of knowledge production among paranormal investi…

  • Between Electricity and Spirit

    Open Access•M Hanks•ARTICLE•American Anthropologist•2016•Cited by: 6•References: 49

    In contemporary England, amateur paranormal investigators actively seek empirical evidence of the paranormal. These investigators are self-fashioned experts who aim to balance scientific and spiritual perspectives in hopes of researching the existence of ghosts from an objective perspective. Despite actively seeking out ghosts and amassing firsthand paranormal experiences, investigators remain deeply doubtful about the nature of their evidence an…

  • Redefining Rationality

    M Hanks•ARTICLE•Ethnos•2016•Cited by: 2•References: 40

    In contemporary England, amateur paranormal investigators are actively engaged in attempts to produce objective knowledge about the ghostly and paranormal. Their project requires them to balance subjective, personal encounters with objective, technologically mediated ones. In doing so, they struggle to align their project with dominant understandings of rationality. Drawing on an ethnographic study of knowledge production among paranormal investi…

  • Haunted Objects

    M Hanks•ARTICLE•Nova Religio The Journal of…•2019

    In contemporary England, paranormal investigation has emerged as a popular means of seeking knowledge about reportedly ghostly phenomena. Paranormal investigators are self-fashioned experts who aim to balance scientistic and spiritual perspectives in the hope of proving or disproving the existence of ghosts from an objective perspective. Despite their collective goal to understand the paranormal, many investigators experience profound doubt of it…

Epistemology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Paranormal (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)

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