Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study aims to analyze the complex interplay between nostalgia, everyday objects, and individual/collective memory from a sociological perspective, using the Museum of Innocence as a case study. Applying the actor-network theory, the research conceptualizes everyday objects exhibited within the museum as “actors” around which individual/collective memories are reaffirmed and reconstructed. The study reveals how nostalgia, as a social spatio-temporal experience, serves as a way for the individuals to deal with the uncertainties of contemporary society. By shedding light on these dynamics, the research contributes to a deeper understanding of the socio-cultural significance of nostalgia, and memory revived around the objects and their implications for the construction of identity and cultural narratives.
Source: Sosyolojik Düşün
Author: Eda Öztürk
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411768235