Hauntology is a term that combines "haunting" and "ontology" (the study of being). It refers to a concept where the past continues to influence and linger in the present, even though it may be considered as something “lost” or absent.
Hauntology explores how traces of the past can be felt and shape our present, implying that history and memories are not entirely gone but can "haunt" us in different ways.
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