THE NOSTAGAIN NETWORK

Exploring Generative Nostalgia Since 2022

Events

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  • CfP: Love and Loss 2025
    CfP: Love and Loss 2025

    Near… Far… Wherever You Are… We invite you to the third symposium by THENOSTAGAINNETWORK called “LOVE & LOSS”. Paper presentations, performances, and research creation are welcome on the topic of nostalgia that engages/builds on the following prompts: With Generous Support From Topics of Interest The experience of…

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  • Throwback #nostagain2024
    Throwback #nostagain2024

    As we approach the season for a new symposium, we can’t help but feel nostalgic for last year’s presenters and research creation artists at Time in a Bottle 2024! TOP OF THE MORNING… Richy Srirachanikorn opened with a keynote on Time Capsules; how does American mobster Al…

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  • Call for Positions – Network Committee
    Call for Positions – Network Committee

    We are looking for additional members to the organizing committee, which organizes an annual symposium every February. The anticipated time commitment is 1-3 hours per week. Our meetings are typically remote/hybrid. The work of the committee begins in September and continues until early February after our symposium.…

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  • Time in a Bottle Program 2024 – Line-up & Tickets!
    Time in a Bottle Program 2024 – Line-up & Tickets!

    The NOSTAGAIN NETWORK proudly presents 23 artists, students, and scholars from North America, Europe, and Asia for our Time in a Bottle Symposium! Get LIMITED (x25) in-person tickets here.Get your virtual tickets here. Tickets EVENTBRITE: Tickets Here (25 seats) ONLINE ZOOM: Tickets Here (Unlimited) FAQs Contact Information…

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  • [TICKETS] Time in Bottle
    [TICKETS] Time in Bottle

    EVENTBRITE: Tickets Here (25 seats) ONLINE ZOOM: Tickets Here (Unlimited)

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  • CfP: Time in a Bottle 2024
    CfP: Time in a Bottle 2024

    The CfP has now closed and the organizing committee are currently reviewing all submissions. Please wait for a confirmation email by the 12th January, 2024. If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I’d like to do… is to save everyday ‘til eternity…

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  • The Spaces We Lost, and Nostalgia Recalled: A Workshop with Dr. Cristian Zaelzer
    The Spaces We Lost, and Nostalgia Recalled: A Workshop with Dr. Cristian Zaelzer

    We collaborated with McGill-Concordia neuroscientist-artist Dr. Cristian Zaelzer, who led a research creation event involving members of the university and the public. Set also on a weekend, the March 18th event spanned from 1:00pm to 6:00pm; ending 2 hours after its original closing time. A total of…

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  • Defining “LOSTAGAIN”
    Defining “LOSTAGAIN”

    “One is nostalgic not for the past the way it was, but for the past the way it could have been.”  This line from Svetlana Boym’s The Future of Nostalgia (2001) was what inspired Master’s student of Sociology, Richy Srirachanikorn [student member, Concordia] from the Technoculture, Arts and Games (TAG)…

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  • LOSTAGAIN Symposium 2023 on Digital Nostalgia
    LOSTAGAIN Symposium 2023 on Digital Nostalgia

    Last year at the Milieux Institute, the Nostagain Network was founded at the Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) research lab by 6 students. After successfully applying for funding, they received support from the Dean’s Special Initiative Award and from the Hexagram Research Network.  With this support, the…

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  • Welcome to The Nostagain Network!
    Welcome to The Nostagain Network!

    Welcome to THE NOSTAGAIN NETWORK — the first student-led interdisciplinary research collective in North America critically honed in on the generative potential and uses of nostalgia. Mission Statement Our approach to nostalgia is not one of passive study and speculation, but an active use of it within…

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