Robert Garcia
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Re: Watchful Consumers
I believe it serves the purpose of mobility. These areas of consumption want us to consume but want us to move on after we have consumed. We have loitering laws that coincide with these motives. ... -
Re: Business Hours and the Effect on Consumers
Interesting conversation of how space is valued differently based on the time of day. This article really makes us think about how the meters become our surveillance and how restaurants and businesses coincide with their value of time. ... -
Re: Surveillance of Banks
I like the way in which your article focuses on the eye of power. Your article allows us to think about those who are surveilling and what their true incentives are. I believe surveillance is a means for people in power to protect their investments. We as ... -
Re: Watchful Consumers
I do not necessarily think Taylorism is a bad thing but, I think it is important for people to understand the history of Taylorism so we can understand how our behaviors have been affected by it. ... -
Re: Watchful Consumers
Focault would argue that space becomes a site that is “defined by relations of proximity between points or elements; formally, we can describe these relations as series, trees, or grids.” –Focault, Des Espace Autres. Space has been changed over time based ... -
Re: Watchful Consumers
I believe both kinds of disciplines are equally surveillant. I believe when we consume at a restaurant or bar, our server is our keeper of time. We may want to stay and “buy another round” or consume more food, but this all becomes reliant on his or her a ... -
Re: Hospitality in Columbia
Interesting article, I think your example of "space" in luxury hotels speaks to Focault's idea that space becomes transformed by the themes we associate with it. When celebrities and rich take up space at these hotels, the space is seen dif ...