Richy Srirachanikorn

HOW CAN WE USE NOSTALGIA FOR THE FUTURE?

SOCIOLOGIST &

NOSTALGIA SCHOLAR

I study how people draw from their nostalgia of the past not "for the way it was, but for the past the way it could have been", to build a future together.

In addition to nostalgia, I also study Hikikomori (social withdrawal), time as a method of social control, and video games as an object of the past/future.

WON'T NOSTALGIA KEEP US FIXATED ON THE PAST?

RESEARCH EVENTS

& COMMUNITY HOST

Not at the Nostagain Network -- North America's first student-led collective studying generative nostalgia. 74 members from 13 countries meet yearly!

Beyond Nostagain's 4 symposia, I organized LUDODROME, a Montreal games expo with 450+ attendees, a workshop with a McGill University neuroscientist-artist, and run on-site local coordination at the Milieux Institute for various events.

DOESN'T NOSTALGIA HAVE A BAD REP ITSELF?

AWARD-WINNING

STORYTELLER

Not anymore! Besides keeping an active scholarship, I regularly write and speak to media, and run workshops, about nostalgia's future-facing benefits.

I gave an award-winning talk on Minecraft and its uses for the classroom. Find my other talks on GTA IV, Club Penguin, the Sixth Sense, and Al Capone's Vault.

Notable Collaborations and Memberships