Nostalgia is  never a singular, but a collective process.

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Our recollections of the past to inform where we are in the present come from the history books, the promises of political campaigns, and those who uphold the “good old days” for the future they thought we were supposed to have achieved.

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Tackling nostalgia requires a critical inquiry of the cultural memory that is imposed unto us, but also of our own (ostensibly) personal and organic nostalgia for things that actually stem from what is told to us is good to be yearning for. If some items are “vintage” now, those who own it are therefore “vintage” too. Those who do not own them but choose to pursue money, time and effort are therefore justified as “nostalgic” individuals. What is worthy of pursuit defines who is not.

 

Here, I compile my notes on nostalgia that have arisen from, and have led, to this reflexive question.