Category: Dark Anemoia

• Dark Anemoia Index

  

  A list of books, films, video games, graphic novels, online threads, and memes that contribute to the body of work I will be discussing in this new series, Dark Anemoia. Each of these either prefigure, influence, or otherwise determine a new canon of media that reflect on a specific form of horror related to a […]

  jcarswell

  21/04/2022

  Dark Anemoia

  aesthetics, analog horror, anemoia, Dark Anemoia, dark media, fiction, film, glossary, horror, index, liminal spaces, media studies, online culture, video games

• Dark Anemoia

  

  Dark anemoia is a portmanteau neologism of two pre-existing terms: dark media, from Eugene Thacker’s essay of the same name, and anemoia, one of many words coined by John Koenig for the extended project The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

  jcarswell

  14/04/2022

  Dark Anemoia

  aesthetics, analog horror, anemoia, Dark Anemoia, dark media, Eugene Thacker, fiction, hauntology, horror, John Koenig, liminal spaces, media studies, nostalgia, online culture

• Mandela Effect, Truth Affect

  

  One increasingly popular internet meme/conspiracy theory doing the rounds is something known as the “Mandela Effect.” Its origins lie in the claims of “paranormal consultant” Fiona Broome, who began to gain popularity shortly after the widely publicised death of South African president Nelson Mandela in 2013. In a series of internet comments, Broome claimed to […]

  jcarswell

  01/10/2016

  Dark Anemoia

  conspiracy theories, hyperstition, media, memes, politics, psychology