Comments on: Anthropology on Disney World: consumerism, postmodernism and decontextualisation http://bruchansky.name/2009/05/06/anthropology-on-disney-world-consumerism-postmodernism-and-decontextualisation/ Material for thought Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:28:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Christophe Bruchansky http://bruchansky.name/2009/05/06/anthropology-on-disney-world-consumerism-postmodernism-and-decontextualisation/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Christophe Bruchansky Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:08:34 +0000 http://bruchansky.name/?p=284#comment-455 You can find a new article I have written about Walt Disney World and Heterotopia on http://curatedmatter.org/the-heterotopia-of-walt-disney-world-post-modernism-and-consumerism/ You can find a new article I have written about Walt Disney World and Heterotopia on http://curatedmatter.org/the-heterotopia-of-walt-disney-world-post-modernism-and-consumerism/

]]> By: Christophe Bruchansky http://bruchansky.name/2009/05/06/anthropology-on-disney-world-consumerism-postmodernism-and-decontextualisation/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Christophe Bruchansky Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:39:16 +0000 http://bruchansky.name/?p=284#comment-67 Thanks for sharing this experience Aries! Whatever Disney parks tried to achieve, personal memories are unique and have their own meanings. The parks are designed for visitors to live predefined stories and to get predefined desires. But reality is different and it would be interesting to hear what is the story people have to tell about their visit. How it differs from the 'standard' consumption of the Disney product. Thanks for sharing this experience Aries! Whatever Disney parks tried to achieve, personal memories are unique and have their own meanings. The parks are designed for visitors to live predefined stories and to get predefined desires. But reality is different and it would be interesting to hear what is the story people have to tell about their visit. How it differs from the ‘standard’ consumption of the Disney product.

]]> By: AriesAshkuff http://bruchansky.name/2009/05/06/anthropology-on-disney-world-consumerism-postmodernism-and-decontextualisation/comment-page-1/#comment-63 AriesAshkuff Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:06:32 +0000 http://bruchansky.name/?p=284#comment-63 Furthermore, though? I suppose it IS a little screwed up that some of my earliest childhood memories include incessant advertisements for "Kodak." Heh. Furthermore, though?
I suppose it IS a little screwed up that some of my earliest childhood memories include incessant advertisements for “Kodak.”
Heh.

]]> By: AriesAshkuff http://bruchansky.name/2009/05/06/anthropology-on-disney-world-consumerism-postmodernism-and-decontextualisation/comment-page-1/#comment-61 AriesAshkuff Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:57:54 +0000 http://bruchansky.name/?p=284#comment-61 Wow... You know, I spent a lot of time at Disney World as a child. We had a lot of, er, "issues" and my mother and grandmother took me there to escape from time-to-time. And, you know? It was a lot like this article said. Disney mixed reality with the fantastic, making the "real" seem a bit less harsh and the "fantastic" seem a bit more achievable. And, for me, this was a good thing. Although, that said? They never got me, I never started trusting the corporations. Heh. Up yours, Wal-Mart! Wow…

You know, I spent a lot of time at Disney World as a child. We had a lot of, er, “issues” and my mother and grandmother took me there to escape from time-to-time. And, you know? It was a lot like this article said. Disney mixed reality with the fantastic, making the “real” seem a bit less harsh and the “fantastic” seem a bit more achievable. And, for me, this was a good thing.

Although, that said?
They never got me, I never started trusting the corporations.
Heh. Up yours, Wal-Mart!

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