Rose-tinted tech: Nostalgia experiences help us rekindle memories and discover history

Katie McQuater

This article addresses how technology is allowing people to connect with the past in exciting ways, with a whole host of nostalgia experiences designed to rekindle memories.

Technology is allowing people to connect with the past in exciting ways, with a whole host of nostalgia experiences designed to rekindle memories and help us discover history.

'Memory Place: My House' by Sarah Rothberg.

Nostalgia has become a tool of engagement for tech platforms, brands and entertainment companies. If nostalgia is an ache for the past, technology is reminding us of that ache – and, in some cases, administering a psychological salve. One need only look to the success of Stranger Things, the Netflix original show set in the 1980s and filled to the brim with references...

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