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With the term "weird studies" gaining currency inside and outside academia, Phil and JF thought it was time to discuss the philosophical method they've been developing on the podcast since 2018. Borrowing a term from Erik Davis, they call it weirding, and here set about trying to understand what it is, and what it means. David Lynch's fondness for crying, the practice of queering in cultural theory, the all-too-real phenomenon of "global weirding,"the spooky agency of artworks, and the tragic death of E.T. at the hands of Damien Hirst are just a few of the subjects touched on in the conversation. "Weirding" also happens to be the working title of the book your hosts are writing for Strange Attractor Press, as well as an eight-week series of lectures and discussions starting October 25th, 2022, on the Nura Learning platform.

Header image: David Lynch, Mulholland Drive

Link to the upcoming course: Weirding: An 8-Week Course With the Hosts of the Weird Studies Podcast

SHOW NOTES

Ludwig van Beethoven, 9th Symphony
\nJames Elkins, Pictures and Tears
\nEugenie Brinkema, The Form of the Affects
\nDavid Lynch (dir.), Mulholland Drive
\nGilkes Deleuze and Felix Guattari, What is Philosophy?
\nWeird Studies, Episode 121 on \u201cMandy\u201d
\nErik Davis and Timothy Morton, \u201cUncanny Objects\u201d episode of Expanding Minds
\nCoen brothers (dir.), Hail Caesar
\nEsther Williams, American swimmer
\nWeird Studies, Episode 120 on Radical Mystery
\nDouglas Rushkoff, Survival of the Richest
\nWilliam Shakespeare, Macbeth
\nErik Davis, \u201cWeird Shit\u201d
\nPete Docter and Bob Peterson (dir.), Up
\nSteven Spielberg (dir.), E.T.
\nAlejandro Jodorowsky, Psychomagic
\nMartin Buber, I and Thou
\nGilbert Simondon, Imagination and Invention
\nWeird Studies, Episode 106 the Wanderer
\nCharles Ludlam, \u201cOn Camp\u201d in Ridiculous Theater
\nWeird Studies, Episodes 14 and 15 on \u201cStalker
\nWeird Studies, Episode 35 on M. C. Richards\u2019 \u201cCentering\u201d