A sanctuary built on conflict

This article investigates conflicts in retrospective Facebook groups, i.e., groups created with a particular interest and focus on the past, to analyse how members of these understand past they negotiate, resist challenge each other’s notions past. The data comes from netnographic fieldwork within six such groups. Theoretical inspiration is drawn Actor-Network-Theory (Harrison 2013, Latour 2005). analysis thusly focuses human (the groups) as well non-human actors operative logic Facebook) study produce associations between present. An overall result that are not characterised by conflict. Instead, produced places sanctuary, where becomes basis for nostalgic feel-good culture. However, also shows sanctuaries build production discontinuity conflict Using Boym’s concept ruinophilia, Bauman’s retrotopia, discusses conflicted present produces an us-and-them relationship group can come together critical care world it (in their perspectives) was supposed be. illustrates members’ use sources references mere stylistic performance authority, only enables but constrains interactions, reducing possibilities having profound interactions negotiations based memories hereby contributes emerging research digital general, memory work particular.