by Jo Jukes | Jul 8, 2024 | In The News
This article was originally published in Wellbeing. “When we engage in nostalgia, we are not moving toward the past. We are bringing the past to the present to help us plan for the future. Nostalgia pushes us forward, not back,” writes nostalgia researcher and...
by Selma A. Purac | Jun 6, 2024 | In The News
This article was originally published in The Conversation. If you’re a Millennial or a member of Gen Z and immersed in our cultures’ current obsession with reboots, re-enactments, sequels and prequels, then you may be feeling a bit of nostalgia fatigue and asking...
by Sarah Diamond | May 20, 2024 | In The News
This article was originally published in the New York Times. Before it reminded us of the glory days, nostalgia was a medical condition involving severe homesickness. In Word Through The Times, we trace how one word or phrase has changed throughout the history of the...
by Renée Onque | May 11, 2024 | In The News
This article was originally published in CNBC. Hearing a sound in passing or getting a whiff of a smell can transport you to a familiar time and place in your life, and more likely than not you’ll get excited and want to think about the memory some more — that’s...
by Amanda Montell | Apr 10, 2024 | In The News
This article was originally published in the Los Angeles Times. Nostalgia seems harmless enough, and then someone starts earnestly — absurdly — glamorizing the Stone Age. “Damn can you imagine being a human during the paleolithic age,” tweeted a...
by Julie Beck | Apr 2, 2024 | In The News
This article was originally published in The Atlantic. The homogeneity of the suburbs has an upside: If strip malls and subdivisions remind you of home, you can feel nostalgic almost anywhere. If you listen to the experts, much of the place I’m from is not a place at...
