Walking with the ghosts of the past: Unearthing the value of residents’ urban nostalgias

Adams, D., & Larkham, P. (2015). Walking with the ghosts of the past Unearthing the value of residents’ urban nostalgias. Urban Studies Journal Limited 2015, 53(10), 2004–2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098015588683

"Although nostalgia has historically been characterised by feelings of loss, or a sense of yearning for an idealised and/or romanticised past in opposition to modernity, there is emerging evidence of how nostalgia has a crucial role in shaping people’s identities across different cultures (see, for example, Routledge et al., 2013). Batcho (2013: 173), for example, suggests that longing for the past may help people to maintain a sense of emotional continuity in a ‘rapidly shifting landscape of their personal and social lives’." (Adams & Larkham, 2015) 

I like the suggestion of "longing for the past" to tether modern living.