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Taking humor seriously

Understanding humor on its own terms is not an easy task. This commentary responds to Ben Gerlofs' (2022) article, ‘Deadly serious: Humor and the politics of aesthetic transgression’, by highlighting some of the important contributions made in his article and drawing out the empirical richness of his discussion. In doing so, I hope to discuss some of the ways in which humor has been analyzed in the geographical literature as well as potential gaps that remain to be addressed.