The Ethics of Nostalgia

Short overview of the lesson:

• Discuss modern examples of nostalgia, creativity and commercial strategy.
• Sort cultural examples into original, reinterpreted and recycled.
• Read an article about nostalgia, creativity and risk-taking.
• Complete gist and detail reading tasks.
• Debate controversial statements about reboots, originality and cultural nostalgia.
• Take part in the Revival Panel and decide which nostalgic projects deserve support.
• Play a Truth or Fake Genially game about real and invented nostalgia trends.
• Read a social-media post about nostalgia marketing and complete the tasks.
• Complete creative homework tasks about reboots, nostalgia marketing or cultural memory.