[Commlist] CfP: The Future of Nostalgia Symposium - Art, Talks, Workshops

CfP: The Future of Nostalgia Symposium - Art, Talks, Workshops

** EVENT INFO **

"The Future of Nostalgia" symposium is happening February 8th - 12th, 
2027 at Concordia University, Montreal. This five day long symposium is 
also hybrid.

We are looking for works that are critical, creative, and collaborative 
about the idea of nostalgia. TALKS, ARTWORK, and WORKSHOPS are welcome.

Submission link: https://www.nostagain.ca/cfp2027 
<https://www.nostagain.ca/cfp2027>
Due: January 8, 2027 (23:59)


** TOPICS **

A list of suggested topics as a starting point:

- The future of nostalgic mediums; polaroids, phones, cloud service, 
analogue, planned obsolescence, discontinuing of long-running services

- The future of nostalgic communities; safe online worlds, public 
forums, malls, the living room, social media 'feeds', internet pitstops 
(Srirachanikorn 2025)

- The future of nostalgia culture; thrifting, remakes, remasters, 
hauntology (Fisher 2014), retrotopia (Bauman 2017), ReDecades (Reynolds 
2011), retrotyping (Pickering and Keightley 2014)

- The future of nostalgic critique; games-on-games (Sloan 2016), 
refractive nostalgia (Srirachanikorn 2024), reparatory nostalgia (Makai 
2018), nostalgic disjuncture (Lajeunesse 2024), faux pixels (Therrien 2026)

- The future of nostalgia and nature; solastalgia or climate change 
induced longing, 'home' and displacement, belonging and nationality


** CONTACT **

This 5-day symposium is organized by the Nostagain Network, which has 
become North America's largest student-led collective for 100+ artists 
and academics exploring nostalgia from 16 countries.

Submission link: https://www.nostagain.ca/cfp2027 
<https://www.nostagain.ca/cfp2027>
Due: January 8, 2027 (23:59)

Please send any questions to nostagain [at] gmail [dot] com
and direct to Derek Pasborg and Richy Srirachanikorn


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