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RECONSTRUCTING MEMORY: NOSTALGIA, EVERYDAY OBJECTS AND IDENTITY

Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1 30 Haziran 2025
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RECONSTRUCTING MEMORY: NOSTALGIA, EVERYDAY OBJECTS AND IDENTITY

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.

Keywords

Nostalgia , Memory , Object , Identity , Late Modernity

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Öztürk, E. (2025). RECONSTRUCTING MEMORY: NOSTALGIA, EVERYDAY OBJECTS AND IDENTITY. Sosyolojik Düşün, 10(1), 61-87. https://doi.org/10.37991/sosdus.1480893