Ghosts of Saracen

There are ghosts all around us: from the past, bleeding into the present and worrying our future. In this dissertation we explore Derridas theory of hauntology and its applications in archaeology. Drawing upon various case-studies, we discover that ghosts can be identified through mixed approaches – excavation, memory, material traces and walking. We then propose to merge these enactments into a radical methodology of hauntology, choosing the Saracen Foundry as our site of inquiry. This game rep...