The Anatomy of Nostalgia

What goes into nostalgia? Is it a familiar sight of something buried deeply in your memory? Or perhaps the sound of a jingling bell that reminds of you the silly, matching phone charm you had with your highschool bestie?

What does nostalgia looks like, sounds like, touches like, smells like, and feels like for diasporas in another country as they reconstruct their identity and bulid a new home away from home? How does the past seeps into the present, shaping how we interact with what’s around us, and how do we assimilate or differentiate from what’s considered the mainstream?