Nostalgia, as some contributors write, can nourish a critical view on the past and, sometimes, be an element of imagination a better future.” (Géraldine Poels, Institut national de l'audiovisuel, France) The vintage and retro trend is tackled here within its complexity and goes beyond the idea of marketing strategies by offering very new insights into the study of nostalgia. The authors concentrate on (social) media content (but not exclusively) as well its uses and show how we ‘nostalgize’ in everyday life. Strong theoretical approaches and fascinating case studies are developed and discussed here, revealing the link between the nostalgic boom and the apparent acceleration of time produced by new technologies. “Nostalgia is - more and more - a very ubiquitous phenomenon and the volume ‘Media and Nostalgia' is a pioneering work on the diverse relations of both. The volume edited by Katharina Niemeyer is a pioneering work that tackles the question critically.” (Régis Debray, author of “Transmitting Culture” (2004)) In reality it is often innovative and productive. “Nostalgia has become an almost forbidden feeling, denounced and altered by mainstream media. It will no doubt constitute a major contribution to memory and media studies and the study of nostalgia.” (David Berliner, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) This book, inspiring, provocative and timely, fills an important gap. “Pervasive in movies, television series, photography and nowadays virtual spaces, nostalgia and its role in media have received little attention in scholarly literature. The collection offers a productive investigation of the usefulness and multiplicity of nostalgia and its many articulations across these varied media sites.” (Amy Holdsworth, University of Glasgow, UK)
Future of nostalgia series#
This multidisciplinary collection benefits from a scope and ambition that includes reflections on nostalgia in relation to a series of media forms: television, film, advertising, print, photography, popular music, art and literature. It displays a commitment to the meaningful interrogation of a term and a phenomenon that is often “thrown away” in general usage.
“ Media and Nostalgia draws together a series of fascinating essays that reveal the multi-faceted nature of both nostalgia and the scholarly responses to this slippery phenomenon. … The scope of the material covered in this volume, and the rigour of the thought provoking chapters within, make this book an extremely welcome and valuable addition to the growing literature on history, memory and nostalgia.” (Mike Chopra-Gant, Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, 2016) It can enhance the incentives of the settlers and other people in the community to participate in urban farming and promote Green economy.“The book is divided into four sections each dealing with a distinct area of concern. Among them, the most significant benefit is that the profits from selling crops to customers at reasonable prices will go straight to the farmers.
In this project, the application of blockchain system could improve security, management and transparency of transactions in the agricultural system. All programmes are designed to introduce the community to cryptocurrency and reconsider agricultural commodities as a potential economy, encouraging inhabitants to move forward with modernity without forgetting their roots and origin in agriculture.Ĭryptocurrency has taken the landscape of banking by storm. The concept of this building is ‘Let’s grow Coins on Plants’, which means the community will get coins in return from everything that grows. It presents to reevaluate the settlers’ activities and bring forth the nostalgic essences of Kampung that thrives on the spirit of community. The Future Nostalgia project aims to ‘level up’ farmers, elevate the profession and establish a structured framework for agriculture through cryptocurrency in Kampung Baru. On the other hand, magnates have been capitalising the industry and taking massive profits from the farmers. The settlement is no stranger to urban farming as the agricultural culture has adapted to modernity throughout the years.
Kampung Baru was a land gifted by the King for agriculture which remains an important sector of Malaysia’s economy.
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