Walking down Memory Lane - The experience of Nostalgia
Author
El-Ziab, Nadia Ziab
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2015
Abstract
Dette studie undersøger, hvordan nostalgi opleves i det øjeblik, den opstår, fremfor at blive beskrevet bagefter. Undersøgelsen foregik i museet Den Gamle By i Aarhus, hvor museets 1974-del blev brugt til at vække nostalgiske oplevelser hos personer, der havde været unge voksne i 1970’erne og derfor havde en personlig tilknytning til perioden. En gruppe, der havde booket en guidet rundvisning i 1974-området, blev fulgt. Forløbet blev dokumenteret med video og lydoptagelser, og to kvindelige deltagere deltog efterfølgende i et semistruktureret interview – et interview med faste temaer og fleksible opfølgende spørgsmål – for at uddybe deres oplevelser. Studiet viser, at den umiddelbare nostalgi overvejende er positiv og vækker varme følelser af glæde, tryghed og komfort. Senere kan der dog dukke mindre lyse eller mere blandede minder op fra fortiden – oplevelser, som først var indhyllet i nostalgiens rosa skær.
This study examines how nostalgia is experienced in the moment, rather than described after the fact. The research took place at Den Gamle By in Aarhus (The Old Town), where the museum’s 1974 section was used to prompt nostalgic reactions among people who had been young adults in the 1970s and therefore had a personal connection to that period. A group that had booked a guided tour in the 1974 area was observed. The unfolding process was recorded on video and audio, and two female participants later took part in a semi-structured interview—an interview guided by key topics but open to follow-up questions—to deepen and clarify their experiences. The study finds that the immediate experience of nostalgia is mostly positive, bringing warm feelings of joy, comfort, and safety. However, these first feelings can be followed by less cheerful or more mixed memories of the past—experiences that the initial, rose-tinted glow of nostalgia tends to soften or hide.
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