Nostalgic Feelings Research Articles

Exploring Constraints and Sport Experiences: A Case Study of Adult Workers in Singapore.

Although rapid economic growth can produce various positive outcomes, the fast-paced society that inevitably accompanies it often results in longer working hours and higher stress levels, leading to reduced participation in sport activities among employees. To better understand this phenomenon, we aimed to explore the constraints and experiences of adult workers. We collected data from adult workers in Singapore who desired to participate in sport activities but were unable to do so due to various constraints. A total of 10 individuals were purposefully selected for interviews. This study identified four key themes: (a) factors causing the reduction of sport participation opportunities, (b) changes in sport activities and satisfaction, (c) nostalgic feelings associated with sport activities, and (d) the role of nostalgia in enhancing sport involvement. The findings of this study suggest the possibility of adapting the conceptual model of nostalgia to sport activities, as well as identifying four factors that hinder employees from engaging in sport activities.

‘상실’과 ‘저항’: 두브라프카 우그레시치의 포스트유고슬라비아 에세이즘과 그 함의

This research is devoted to the exploration of the implications of the Post-Yugoslav essayistic writings(Post-jugoslavenska esejistička proza) by Dubravka Ugrešić, one of the major contemporary female writers in Croatia through the analysis of their main themes and narrative features. It is the genre of essay that came to the fore in her literary works after she chose to live as an exiled writer. On the whole, it is the feeling of ‘loss’(gubitak) and the attitude of ‘resistance’(otpor) that underlie her essayistic writings, which are subsequently classified into five groups from the thematic points of view as follows. The first one is related to the nostalgic feeling of loss from the disappearance of Yugoslavia and includes those essays that criticize the confiscation and manipulation of the historical memories of ex-Yugoslavia in the new nation states that came to being after the disintegration of SFRY and during the outbreak of the Yugoslav interethnic violences and civil wars. The second group comprises the essays that provide the microscopic observations on the current situations in the Western Balkans in the transitional post-communist period. The third group of essayistic writings addresses the mutual recognitions between the East and the West of Europe, and the changes in recent Europe, caused by refugees and labour migration. The fourth group of essays examines the current status of literature including those ones and their writers in the Western Balkans and emphasizes the necessity of the proper consideration of the transnational literature as an alternative to the conservative national literatures, which have relied on the exclusive nationalistic cultures and have contributed to the identity politics. The fifth group of essays in Ugrešić’s oeuvre is related with the feministic criticism of patriarchal culture and misogyny in the Western Balkans. Based on the frequently repeated narratological elements, the above-mentioned themes are expressed through the authorial colorful tones and writing styles from the writings in fragments and short manifestoes to the long sarcastic feminist critiques and serious political interpretations with the view of diagnosing the crises of humanness(humanitas) from the Western Balkan countries to the West European societies. Ugrešić’s essayism originated from her diverse existential experiences as an exiled writer, and therefore needs to be considered as the heterogeneous and multilayered discourses that lead the readers to the deep contemplation and seeking solutions to the frustrating circumstances after the collapse of the communist countries.

A societal perspective on nostalgia in satellite sports fandom: insights from the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions

ABSTRACT Nostalgia has been identified as a critical influence on sport fans. Although researchers have explored various aspects of satellite fans’ nostalgia, none have approached it from a societal standpoint. Therefore, this study explored the relationship between social connectedness needs and sport nostalgia among satellite fans. In addition, we examined how nostalgia is related to affective relationships, subjective well-being, and travel intention based on Fredrickson’s broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. Data were collected from 222 Singapore satellite fans using an online questionnaire. Results showed that satellite fans’ nostalgic feelings, which arose from social connectedness needs, positively impacted their affective relationships and subjective well-being. These feelings motivated them to travel to sporting events. The findings enhance our understanding of how social connectedness needs influences satellite fans’ psychology and behaviour. Furthermore, it illustrates how nostalgia can expand and strengthen emotional connections and subjective well-being, underscoring its ability to affect travel intentions.

“Lost in Austen,” Found in Regency

The charm of Jane Austen’s writing and the historical context of the Regency era are so appealing that even in the 21st century, Austen texts and contents have continued to be produced through adaptations. These adaptations that function as re-visitings of the Austenian Regency have presented visual realms where we voyeuristically gaze and miss the Austenian past with nostalgic feelings. Austen, as a keen observer and social critic of her time, occupies such a place at the heart of the cultural heritage that she has become the symbol of Englishness whose works are the tools to remind longed notions of perfection and innocence lost after the Industrial Revolution. With the reflection of the romance plot, in these adaptations, the remote space of the Austenian Regency has become a “heterotopia” where past and present coexist simultaneously. In this article, I assert that the ITV mini-series Lost in Austen (2008), directed by Dan Zeff as an example of current adaptations, compares the Regency and the contemporary in such a way that it leads the forthcoming 21st-century adaptations to evolve into neo-Austenian phase that evokes a postmodern sense of nostalgia.

Being Home in the Shelter of Time: Gospodinov’s Time Shelter

In the context of contemporary culture, nostalgia is often linked to feelings of deep yearning for home. Human’s pathological home desire and traumatic state of most individuals due to modern life result in nostalgic feelings that are often associated with the safety and coziness of home. In order to maintain such state of protection, people not only yearn for the physical state of their home but also long for the time they spent in that protected world. Their memories of the past are anchored in such space and time where they can have self-continuity, increase attachment security and boost self-esteem. Such individual memories of the past function as a shield that neutralizes the threats of the unknown present and therefore, serves as “time shelter”. The same is also true for collective memory. People tend to prefer living in specific time periods in which they are secure and feel a sense of belonging. Though this kind of longing for a specific time period can be maintained via memories, Georgi Gospodinov, a Bulgarian writer, claims it can also be physically actualized through a strong, mainstream narrative. While focusing on both the biological and sociological reasons behind people’s need and motives to forget and live in nostalgia, Georgi Gospodinov, the winner of the International Booker Prize 2023, also sheds light on how socially constructed realities, particularly “time”, can become reality once accepted collectively in his novel, Time Shelter.

Death and Digital Immortality: Hi-Tech Grief

The study focuses on the issue of commemorative practiсe transformation as a result of digital technology development. The human has been using different means of interaction with the dead in order to receive answers, knowledge, and protection for thousands of years. A modern human needs it as well that leads to the demand for the development of digital technology in commemoration and grief. There is an important aspect related to the commemoration of and respect to the dead that is evidenced by building memorials and preserving their possessions and stories about them. In digitalization, we can see it in the interaction with digital footprints and digital avatars that demonstrate the activity of the human in the virtual space. In spite of increasing demand for interaction with the dead, this contact may bring not only nostalgic feelings or relief but also cause suspiciousness, fear and anxiety, postpone and extend grieving. Detabooing of the subject of death, its more active discussion and availability of information do not always help the human start thinking about their own death leaving the feeling of death anxiety for Another. At the same time, there is a two-way process: information in the virtual space about real deaths, especially detailed one, makes them an unreal narration. A digital avatar of the dead is also awarded with dichotomic features: it is both alive and dead, developing or created with no participation of a certain person (the dead). After death, digital footprints do not belong to them; they become «digital heritage» for the close ones and public that may cause «resurrection» in the virtual space, even if there was no consent to distribute information. As a result, the digital avatar of the dead can be used both to endure grief and manipulate in order to swindle money, involve in destructive communities or lead to suicide.

From Deritualization to Ritualization: The Arbaeen Walk Based on the Experience of Female Iranian Pilgrims

Abstract Despite the rich Shi’i literature, the Arbaeen Walk as a collective ritual remains a rather newly-emerged phenomenon. Without a recognized ritual for the Arbaeen Pilgrimage, the principal hypothesis of this paper is founded on ritualization in a social and intersubjective process. This research studies the experience of pilgrimage in the Arbaeen Walk using the thematic analysis and deep semi-structured interviews with 25 female Iranian pilgrims. The five main issues discussed in these narratives include the pilgrim’s body in the dichotomy of imposed and deliberate suffering, identification with the historical suffering of the Shia and hope toward the promised future, overlapping with everyday life and contradicting with the anti-everydayness, from being sought to being left behind and the feeling of sin, and Arbaeen as an incomplete pilgrimage and feeling of nostalgia. In general, the ritual avoidance and anti-cliché nature of the Arbaeen Walk is a pleasant experience for the pilgrim; however, to recompensate for the feeling of the incompleteness of pilgrimage and the lack of experiencing religious conducts, the deeds of pilgrimage and the fixed time and place will be gradually established as a part of the Arbaeen ritual.

Bridging perceived psychological and social risks with shared beliefs: unveiling tourists' behavioral intentions through nostalgia

PurposeThe study examines tourists' psychological and social risk and shared beliefs – devotion, concerns and entertainment – at a religious and cultural heritage destination. It also examines how shared beliefs impact tourists’ nostalgia. Further, it examines whether nostalgia affects choice deferral and revisit intentions. Finally, it investigates how moderation of place attachment strengthens the link between shared beliefs – devotion, concerns, entertainment and nostalgia.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 439 inbound tourists, with 272 completing online questionnaires and 167 participating in face-to-face survey. Data analysis was performed using Amos 24.0 and SPSS 25.0, employing structural equation modeling (SEM) and the PROCESS macro.FindingsThe findings suggest that perceived psychological and social risk negatively impacts tourists' shared beliefs – devotion, concerns and entertainment – which positively impacts nostalgia. Positive nostalgic association boosts revisit intention and hampers choice deferral. The data also show how strong place attachment strengthens the relationship between shared beliefs – devotion, concerns and entertainment – and tourists’ perceived nostalgia.Research limitations/implicationsThis work contributes to information behavior using S-O-R theory. It analyzes the psychological and social risks of destination visits and how nostalgia affects shared beliefs and revisit intentions. Management and policymakers at destination enterprises can use the findings to design measures to enhance revisit intentions despite risk considerations.Originality/valuePakistan's destination tourism is underutilized amid its religious and cultural heritage significance. The literature has ignored how perceived psychological and social risk affects travelers' shared beliefs and nostalgic feelings. Thus, this study suggests and validates these linkages utilizing stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) theory in Pakistan's unique environment with inbound tourists.

A Translation and Analysis of ʾAbd al-Jabbār Ibn Ḥamdīs’ Poem No. 110: “Qaḍat al-Nafs”

In this paper, I undertake a complete translation of Ibn Ḥamdīs’ poem No.110 “Qaḍat al-Nafs” and provide a structural analysis in order to demonstrate that the poem in its entirety is structured through a succession of related metaphors that lends unity and organization to the speaker’s experience. Though Ibn Ḥamdīs is committed to the canon of classical Arabic poetry in the division of the poem into three canonical segments of the classical qasīda (physical decay and the loss of youth, the wine song and the nostalgic feelings for a lost homeland), I argue that these segments are not loosely structured but built upon a succession of related and resonating metaphors that lends unity and coherence to the speaker’s experience. The poem can also be read as an autobiographical document in which Ibn Ḥamdīs records his own tragedy as an exile and the tragedy of Muslim Sicily and Arabic culture. Having led a very active life in his youth, the persona is now old, frequenting taverns and indulging himself in merry making in an attempt to recapture youth. However, the speaker’s attempt is overwhelmed by the tragic awareness that his action is futile; youth cannot be regained. This realization is intensified by the feeling that Sicily, the speaker’s birthplace and the setting of his youth, is also lost forever. Regaining his “paradise” is as impossible as regaining his youth. Old age and the great sense of loss make him turn to God with a penitent attitude.

Nostalgia and Creative Urge as Double-Edged Swords in the (Auto)Biographical Writings of Rose Gollup-Cohen

Abstract While some Jewish immigrant autobiographies have received broad critical attention, a few important autobiographical endeavours have been underrepresented or almost forgotten. Autobiographies written by Jewish female writers who immigrated to America from Russia, Poland, or Galicia often draw a bifurcated picture of their struggles in callous New York sweatshops, or, on the contrary, they exalt the Jews’ notable success while blending in the American melting pot. Scarce studies, however, have been devoted to the dislocation and uprootedness of female immigrants and to the nostalgic feelings they have experienced during their absorption into American reality. This paper intends to resuscitate the forgotten voice of a Jewish immigrant female writer, Rose Gollup-Cohen. Moreover, using primarily psychoanalytical methodology and a feminist theory, the paper focuses on the nostalgic feelings that immigrants reverted to. Finally, it deals with both the therapeutic and the destructive powers of compulsive writing and shows how the writing process assists an immigrant writer when coping with distress experienced in her new homeland, but, on the other hand, it also demonstrates how compulsive writing may lead to obsessive behaviours, resulting in losing awareness of one’s surroundings, neglecting one’s family, and even to depression and suicide.

Effects of brand spokes-characters with personal and historical nostalgia on brand attitude: evidence from Generation Z consumers in China

PurposeUsing Generation Z consumers from China as an example and focusing on the nostalgia-driven design of brand spokes-character, this study sought to update research on the causal relationship between nostalgia and brand attitude for younger consumers. Two types of nostalgic brand spokes-characters (i.e., eliciting personal nostalgia and historical nostalgia) were examined separately and compared to verify their contributions to more positive brand attitude, as well as related mechanisms, that is, whether consumer trust in the spokes-character mediated the relationship between nostalgic spokes-characters and brand attitude.Design/methodology/approachAn experiment was first conducted to test the causal effects of brand spokes-characters designed to elicit two types of nostalgic feelings (i.e., personal nostalgia and historical nostalgia). Then, the authors investigated the influencing mechanism of nostalgic brand spokes-characters based on bootstrap mediation models.FindingsThe results revealed that for less familiar brand spokes-characters, either type of nostalgia-driven design would enhance consumers' brand attitude. Moreover, consumer trust in the spokes-character mediated the relationship between personal-nostalgic brand spokes-characters and brand attitude.Originality/valueThis study was the first to examine personal nostalgia and historical nostalgia separately regarding the effects of nostalgic spokes-characters and related mechanisms. By combining methods of experimental design and bootstrap mediation modeling, it provided a more robust evaluation of nostalgia-driven design, and supported using certain nostalgic styles for designing brand spokes-characters, which can help modern brands draw more interest from young consumers and promote more positive brand attitude.

Heritage Tourism and Cultural Identity in China: Challenges and Opportunities for Development

Purpose: Being culturally rich and historically significant, China is seeing a growth in heritage and cultural tourism. From being seen as a country with a singular national identity, local communities are increasingly marketing their local heritage and culture for heritage tourism. Theoretical framework: These activities include the generation of money and the facilitation of the development of infrastructure. The advantages are mutually beneficial; for example, travelers report feeling psychologically better after participating in heritage tourism activities because they are motivated by feelings of nostalgia and a sense of cultural connection. Design/methodology/approach: In this regard, authenticity becomes a state driven effort, where values in communities are expected to change as needed. For example, in Lijiang the local Dongba religious rituals which had been included into the UNESCO Memory of the World Register had been reinvented to be more suited for tourist consumption. Findings: These activities include the generation of money and the facilitation of the development of infrastructure. The advantages are mutually beneficial; for example, travelers report feeling psychologically better after participating in heritage tourism activities because they are motivated by feelings of nostalgia and a sense of cultural connection. Despite this, the advantages come with certain negatives, which manifest themselves as physical and cultural harms that are incurred as a result of the situation. Research, Practical & Social implications: To begin, it paves the way for specific historic places to become a ritualized channel via which collective social memory may be conveyed and gathered together. To elaborate, heritage tourism enables a person to validate their membership in a nation based on the imagined reality that has been established through the course of their history. Originality/value: Mentioned three perspectives in authenticity in China, namely spatial separation, value shifting and emotional banishment. In this regard, authenticity becomes a state driven effort, where values in communities are expected to change as needed.

Membangun Theatre of Mind Program Variety Radio “Santai Sejenak” Episode “Memories”

Creating a theater of mind for every listener is important, because radio is an auditory mass media. The process of forming a theater of mind for each person is different depending on how people imagine what they hear. The author uses sound elements in the form of voice, music and sound effects that are often played and heard in the past in forming a theater of mind for listeners on the Santai Sejenak radio variety program episode "Memories". The goal is to build a nostalgic feeling for the listeners. The response of listeners who then sent stories about their memories during the event was a form of success in building this nostalgia. This was done by combining several existing elements. Among them are music, words and sound effects. When listeners can feel nostalgic, it means that the director's task in forming a theater of mind has been successful. One way to prove it is that there is a response from the listeners who send the story.

Variation in bittersweet nostalgic feelings and their divergent effects on daily well-being.

Experimental manipulations of nostalgia that privilege positive aspects of the bittersweet emotion have led to the conclusion that nostalgia is a predominantly positive emotion, yet nostalgia covaries negatively with well-being in daily life. To reconcile this discrepancy, we developed and tested the bittersweet variation model of nostalgia that posits that (a) nostalgic feelings vary not only in intensity but also in valence (i.e., how bitter or sweet a nostalgic feeling is); (b) daily events influence the valence of nostalgic feelings; and (c) nostalgia's valence influences well-being. Across two daily diary studies (N = 151; 1,356 daily reports), we found that the valence of nostalgic feelings varied considerably within-persons. Daily positive events predicted more positively rated nostalgic feelings, whereas daily negative events predicted more negatively rated nostalgic feelings. Controlling for the effects of daily events on well-being, positive nostalgic feelings predicted greater well-being, whereas negative nostalgic feelings predicted lower well-being. To provide more robust causal evidence of the effect of nostalgia valence on well-being, we conducted two experiments (N = 445) in which we manipulated nostalgia valence by asking participants to write about positive nostalgic feelings (involving people they remain close to) or negative nostalgia feelings (involving people they no longer remain close to), mimicking typical nostalgic feelings in daily life. Positive nostalgic feelings improved well-being compared with negative nostalgic feelings. Thus, nostalgia is not inherently positive or negative. Rather, the effect of nostalgia on well-being depends on its valence, which is influenced by the eliciting event. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Perspectives on retro-tram in tourism

Actualization of cultural heritage based on the nostalgic feeling of the good old days is one of the prospective trends in tourism development in times of crisis. Slowing down the pace of life and time perception are in strong demand due to the overall informatization, growing constraints and risk of uncertainty in the world. The study reveals the factors to manage time perception, describes the concept of the retro style and gives assessment to retro-tram in tourism basing on local and international practices. As a result of the research, the study suggests the concept of the sightseeing retro-tram from the perspectives of the human physiological perception and cultural studies while the results of the cross-case study analysis are summarized as a matrix of managerial recommendations so that to involve it in the tourism industry activities.

문화상품의 현지 적응화 전략에 관한 탐색적 연구 - <슬램덩크> 사례를 중심으로

This study explored the phenomenal success of the theatrical animation of Slam Dunk, which was initially translated and equally successful as manga in 1992. This exploratory study deals with the process by which Slam Dunk's original cartoon and then the theatrical animation, led to the success of both media, including books and theater sales. This study applies the macro framework of global integration and local adaptation in international business discipline, and the standardization versus localization debate at a micro level. As this paper is concerned with the adaptation, more specifically translation, of a cultural product, we utilized the Skopos theory of translation. In the process of translating Slam Dunk, not all components of the product were localized. Yet, the key elements, notably character names and school names, were successfully localized, thus reducing the psychic distance between readers and characters. Such perceived psychological proximity enhanced reality, thus leading to the success of the theatrical animation and the renaissance of the original manga. Young readers in the 1990s who cheered for Kang Baek-ho and the Buksan basketball team have matured into parenthood. These mature readers in the 2020s cheered Kang Baek-ho and Buksan Basketball Team again with a feeling of nostalgia by demonstrating their affection for the characters. The current younger generation has become attracted to culturally universal theme of overcoming hardships without succumbing to it. Building on the attractive narrative, Slam Dunk is a notable example of a successful local adaptation including culturally acceptable translation and localization of main and sub characters.

The Reconfigurations in Brazilian Television and the New Communicational Dynamics: A Study About the Globoplay Streaming Platform

This article aims at discussing aspects related to the context of the decline of television, approaching Latin American television studies with other theories about television. In this study, we focus our discussion on Globoplay, Grupo Globo's streaming platform — the largest Brazilian media conglomerate. Our analysis investigates Grupo Globo's project to recover old soap operas as a media and marketing strategy for the streaming platform. Based on a theoretical discussion, the study believes that Brazilian television has found ways to guarantee its existence due to platformisation. On the assumption that the socialising character is a major advantage of television, this study questions whether television would be losing its socialising function to the detriment of new media cultures. In fact, we observe that social television and participatory culture employ elements that aggregate and reconfigure this current phase of television, described as a hypertelevision by some authors, such as Scolari (2009). With this in mind, we may not be witnessing television's decline but its new essence. In addition to mobilizing consumption, the return of old soap operas promotes the socialization of the collective nostalgic feeling generated by these productions on social networks. It is evident that the platform has explored this reciprocal relationship between nostalgia and convergence culture to consolidate itself in the Brazilian streaming scenario. In light of these notes, we believe that affective memory has a considerable impact on the strategies employed by the platform, functioning as a profitable and effective mechanism for the survival of Brazilian television.

How Can Feelings of Nostalgia Facilitate Sustainable Consumer Choices?

Keywords: nostalgia nostalgic feeling emotions social connectedness sustainable behavior pro-environmental behavior textual analysis elaboration-likelihood model

포스트-유고슬라비아 미술문화의 특징과 정치적 재현성 연구

The Post-Yugoslav conceptual art derived from the alternative artistic movements(Nova umjetnička praksa, Nove tendencije) in the mid-to-late culture of SFRY with the great support of the Student culture centers established in the main cities of the country. It was in line with the scepticism about the ideal of socialist self-management and the official ideologies promulgated by the state, the dissatisfaction with the shortage of cultural wealth, the criticism of the bureaucracy, and the demands of more freedom of speech and expression in the 1960s and 70s of the Second Yugoslavia that the conceptual art became acknowledged by the Yugoslav art scene. The conceptual artists from the ex-Yugoslav area have conveyed the various political messages since the disintegration of SFRY. Raša Todosijević, one of the pioneers of the conceptual art in Yugoslavia in the 1970s, has constantly displayed satirical cynicism about the nationalistic totalitarianism that replaced the Yugoslavism in the sequential civil wars after the collapse of the federal state. Another post-Yugoslav conceptual artist Bálint Szombathy has expressed the mournful and absurd nostalgic feelings for ex-Yugoslavia, and showed the lives full of ironies of his fellow countrymen, who were forcibly deprived of their own historical memories and socio-cultural identities only to be pushed into the global wave in post-socialist times. Mladen Stilinović, the ex-Yugoslav and Croatian artist who has been known in the West art scene since the 1980s, has demonstrated his peculiar works that emphasize the protest against the wave of neoliberal capitalism and the commercialization of artworks in the ‘english-dominated art world’, and express the criticism of the western dominance over the arts from the ex-Eastern bloc. Lastly, there exists the case of the world-renowned artist Marina Abramović, who started her career with the experimental art activities at the Student culture center in Belgrade from the early 1970s and thereafter has contributed to the widening of the boundary of the Yugoslav conceptual art tradition with her art pieces performed abroad with the subject matter of Yugoslav and Balkan histories and myths on the universal themes of humanity such as fear, pain, violence and love. The conceptual art that was born in the real socialist Yugoslavia and has continued to exist in post-socialist times displays a uniqueness different from its contemporary counterpart of the West art scene on the basis of both its own “non-alibi in being”(in Mikhail Bakhtin’s terms) and the distinctive ‘composition’(in Markus Gabriel’s terms).

A Psycholinguistic Analysis to the film Midnight in Paris with Reference to Nostalgia

Decades ago, nostalgia was viewed as a disease; now it is considered to be an essential psychological resource which have a great value to human life. True, it is a topic that most common, ordinary, laypeople are acquainted with, but it is a topic that researchers, scientists, writers, and academics have a huge interest in. The the aim of the current paper is to discuss the topic of nostalgia and how it is considered to be a phenomena where people involve in deeply, they experience an improvement in positive psychological states such as positive mood, feelings of social connectedness, self-esteem, self-continuity, and insights of meaning in life. The paper answers the question of why and how people differ in their tendency to be nostalgic. This is done through language analysis of the film Midnight in Paris. This film has a nostalgic theme and it has been analyzed likewise. The purpose, here,is to analyze the language used in the film which emphasizes on the topic of nostalgia. One of the main conclusions arrived at, is the fact that language choices are strongly affected by the psychological condition of the speaker in expressing nostalgic feelings associated with imagination.