Editing Nostalgia (section)

===Preserving cultural heritage===
{{see|Historic preservation|Cultural heritage|Historical reenactment}}

Nostalgia serves as a motivator for the [[Historic preservation|preservation]] of people's [[cultural heritage]]. People endeavor to conserve buildings, landscapes, and other artifacts of historical significance out of nostalgia for past times. They are often motivated by a desire to connect to their heritage from past generations.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Caves |first=Roger W. |date=2005 |title=Encyclopedia of the City |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrD1iuM_2LgC |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415252256}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Tanselle |first=George Thomas |date=1998 |title=Literature and Artifacts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhjhAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia |isbn=9781883631062}}</ref> This can manifest in [[living history]] events such as [[historical reenactment]]s, which bring together people with a shared nostalgia for historical periods of past times. These events' hands-on, improvisational natures often facilitate socialization.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Farmer |first=James O. |date=2005 |title=Playing Rebels: Reenactment as Nostalgia and Defense of the Confederacy in the Battle of Aiken |url=https://www.southerncultures.org/article/playing-rebels-reenactment-nostalgia-defense-confederacy-battle-aiken/ |magazine=Southern Cultures |publisher=UNC Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.eventplan.co.uk/page29.html| title=A Brief History of Re-enactment| author=Howard Giles}}</ref>[[File:Vintage BSA motorcycle.jpg|thumb|Rider in vintage clothing astride a vintage BSA motorcycle on High Street in Honiton, England in July 2023]]