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November
9-12, 2000
Ft. Lauderdale
Florida |
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conference is an academic event and is not in any way sponsored
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small cartoon maker in the 1920s to today’s multinational corporation,
the Disney enterprise, its products and practices have become increasingly
significant around the world. In recent years scholars and other
commentators have focused attention on Disney, drawing on a variety
of disciplines and conceptual frameworks, including anthropology,
art, architecture, business, ethnic studies, film and media studies,
cultural studies, gender studies, geography, history, marketing,
political science, popular culture, rhetoric, and urban planning.
 his conference
seeks to bring a wide range of approaches to Disney studies into
productive juxtaposition. At the same time, in line with its public
intellectual focus, the conference seeks to facilitate dialogue
not only among academic intellectuals but also between those intellectuals
and diverse publics. Thus the program committee particularly encourages
proposals for workshops, poster sessions and other innovative formats
for public discussion and participation as well as accessible, non-technical
scholarly papers. The conference will focus special attention on
the public dimensions of the Disney phenomenon. Examples of public
themes and issues include the following:
• The
Disney Corporation as Educator and Historian
• Representations of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality
• Art and Architecture: Private Property, Public Environments
• Disney Marketing: Synergy and Control
• Disney around the World: Globalization, Culture, and Political
Economy
• Living in Disney’s Celebration: Utopia or Fantasy World?
• Theme Parks: Simulation, Rationalization, Consumption
• Making Worlds: From Cartoons to Theme Parks to City Planning
• The Walt Disney Company: Corporate, Labor, and Cultural Histories
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Please direct general inquiries and requests for registration
material to:
Stefanie Gapinski,
Conference Coordinator
(561) 297-0035
Fax: (561) 297-2100
email: gapinski@fau.edu
Please direct program inquiries to:
Mike Budd,
Department of Communication and
Chair, Program Committee
email: mbudd@fau.edu
The Dororthy F. Schmidt
Collge of Arts and Letters
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
P.O. Box 3091
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
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