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Experiencing the (Anomalous) Moment

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The final chapter explores the relevance of issues discussed in this book to broader social and cultural concerns. Initially, the prevalence of paranormal investigation in contemporary society is considered and discussed in relation to wider scholarship on paranormal groups and their social and culturally informed practices. The implications of our approach for a range of contemporary ideas in the social science and cultural studies are then addressed. For example, we will explore more fully how our approach meshes with attempts to understand contemporary personalised religious and spiritual experience, discussions about place and sacred spaces, and consider the potential implications for examining wider forms of spiritual quest culture and dark tourism. Finally, we end our discussion by reflecting on agency and how our approach contributes to work on the role of agency of the body, material objects and non-human entities.

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Ironside, R., Wooffitt, R. (2021). Experiencing the (Anomalous) Moment. In: Making Sense of the Paranormal . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88407-9_6

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