FILM
For many years, I have been documenting my experiences in themed and immersive spaces. This page presents a sampling of some of the many videos that I have created.
On this page you will discover Lectures (traditional academic talks), as well as numerous feature videos that connect to the many themed and immersive spaces that I have visited over the years.
Check out the many other videos on my YouTube page. I will be adding new videos to this page as I create them.
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LECTURES (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR VIDEO)
Theme Park Imaginaries
Heritage, Remaking, and Postmodernism
Heritage, Remaking, and Postmodernism
University of Oxford Lecture
Heritage, Remaking, and Postmodernism
Heritage, Remaking, and Postmodernism
Heritage, Remaking, and Postmodernism
Heritage, Remaking, and Postmodernism: The Future of Themed and Immersive Spaces, Conference: Heritage and the Creative Industry, Conference Talk at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, January 2015
Theme Parks & Immersion
Heritage, Remaking, and Postmodernism
Creating Exciting Attractions by Making Spaces Immersive, Experiential, and Sensory
IAAPA, 2015
Creating Exciting Attractions by Making Spaces Immersive, Experiential, and Sensory
Creating Exciting Attractions by Making Spaces Immersive, Experiential, and Sensory
Creating Exciting Attractions by Making Spaces Immersive, Experiential, and Sensory
IAAPA Attractions Expo 2017 (Orlando, Florida)
Theme Parks as Sites of Critical Research
Creating Exciting Attractions by Making Spaces Immersive, Experiential, and Sensory
Theme Parks as Sites of Critical Research
2014 American Studies Association Conference, Time & Temporality in Theme Parks
The Values of Theming
Creating Exciting Attractions by Making Spaces Immersive, Experiential, and Sensory
Theme Parks as Sites of Critical Research
A lecture on the nature of theming
Introduction to My Research and Research in the Social Sciences
A lecture
Cultural Relativism...and Its Limits
A lecture
The Branded & Lifestyle Store: Towards the Lifespace
The Branded & Lifestyle Store: Towards the Lifespace
A lecture
What Is Immersion?
Judgments Passed: The Place of the Themed Space in the Contemporary World of Remaking
The Branded & Lifestyle Store: Towards the Lifespace
An online lecture (Texas A&M)
Remaking and Remixing
Judgments Passed: The Place of the Themed Space in the Contemporary World of Remaking
Judgments Passed: The Place of the Themed Space in the Contemporary World of Remaking
A lecture
Judgments Passed: The Place of the Themed Space in the Contemporary World of Remaking
Judgments Passed: The Place of the Themed Space in the Contemporary World of Remaking
Judgments Passed: The Place of the Themed Space in the Contemporary World of Remaking
A lecture
Theming and Immersion in the Space of the Future
Questioning Immersion in Contemporary Themed and Immersive Spaces
Questioning Immersion in Contemporary Themed and Immersive Spaces
A lecture related to A Reader in Themed and Immersive Spaces
Questioning Immersion in Contemporary Themed and Immersive Spaces
Questioning Immersion in Contemporary Themed and Immersive Spaces
Questioning Immersion in Contemporary Themed and Immersive Spaces
A lecture related to A Reader in Themed and Immersive Spaces
The Cultures of Tiki
Questioning Immersion in Contemporary Themed and Immersive Spaces
Dark Theming Reconsidered
A lecture related to A Reader in Themed and Immersive Spaces
Dark Theming Reconsidered
The Theme Park Is Dead, Long Live the Theme Park!
Dark Theming Reconsidered
A lecture related to A Reader in Themed and Immersive Spaces
The Worlds Exposition and the Future of Culture
The Theme Park Is Dead, Long Live the Theme Park!
The Theme Park Is Dead, Long Live the Theme Park!
The Worlds Exposition and the Future of Culture, Reflections on Expo 2015 in Milan, Lake Tahoe Community College (November 3, 2015), with generous support from the LTCC Foundation
The Theme Park Is Dead, Long Live the Theme Park!
The Theme Park Is Dead, Long Live the Theme Park!
The Theme Park Is Dead, Long Live the Theme Park!
Keynote Address, Time & Temporality in Theme Parks Conference (Mainz, Germany, JGU, 18 September 2014)
An Authentic Theme Park - Part 1
Marin Philosophical Society
An Authentic Theme Park - Part 2
Marin Philosophical Society
An Authentic Theme Park - Part 3
An Authentic Theme Park - Part 3
Marin Philosophical Society
Social Change - Part 1
Immersive Worlds Handbook - Chapter 4 Reading
An Authentic Theme Park - Part 3
Scott Lukas discusses social change at the WAIB (Western Aerosol Information Bureau) Conference, September 2012.
Social Change - Part 2
Immersive Worlds Handbook - Chapter 4 Reading
Immersive Worlds Handbook - Chapter 4 Reading
Scott Lukas discusses social change at the WAIB (Western Aerosol Information Bureau) Conference, September 2012.
Immersive Worlds Handbook - Chapter 4 Reading
Immersive Worlds Handbook - Chapter 4 Reading
Immersive Worlds Handbook - Chapter 4 Reading
Writers around the Lake
History Magic
Theme Parks: From Cultural Remaking to Social Justice
Research in Consumer Spaces
University of Mainz
Research in Consumer Spaces
Theme Parks: From Cultural Remaking to Social Justice
Research in Consumer Spaces
University of Mainz
Theme Parks: From Cultural Remaking to Social Justice
Theme Parks: From Cultural Remaking to Social Justice
Theme Parks: From Cultural Remaking to Social Justice
University of Mainz
The Ballot or the Bullet
Power, Bias, Context: Four Forms of Strategic Questioning
Theme Parks: From Cultural Remaking to Social Justice
The Ballot or the Bullet - Malcolm X, Lake Tahoe Community College, May 19, 2015, Dr. Scott A. Lukas
Diversity, Equity, Access
Power, Bias, Context: Four Forms of Strategic Questioning
Power, Bias, Context: Four Forms of Strategic Questioning
Lake Tahoe Community College, May 7, 2015
Power, Bias, Context: Four Forms of Strategic Questioning
Power, Bias, Context: Four Forms of Strategic Questioning
Power, Bias, Context: Four Forms of Strategic Questioning
Lake Tahoe Community College, February 5, 2016
The Politics of November: Comedy, Entropy, the Id
The Politics of November: Comedy, Entropy, the Id
The Politics of November: Comedy, Entropy, the Id
The Politics of November: Comedy, Entropy, the Id, Lake Tahoe Community College, June 7, 2016
Question and Answer, Election Event
The Politics of November: Comedy, Entropy, the Id
The Politics of November: Comedy, Entropy, the Id
Question and Answer, Election Event (Dr. Albert Ponce, Dr. Scott A. Lukas), Lake Tahoe Community College, June 7, 2016
An Illicit Space
The Politics of November: Comedy, Entropy, the Id
The State of Education
An Illicit Space - Scott A. Lukas, Cultural Studies Association, 2015
The State of Education
Research in Themed and Immersive Spaces
The State of Education
(Coming Soon)
Immersion
Research in Themed and Immersive Spaces
Research in Themed and Immersive Spaces
Guest Lecture, Falmouth University, November 12, 2018
Research in Themed and Immersive Spaces
Research in Themed and Immersive Spaces
Research in Themed and Immersive Spaces
A lecture related to A Reader in Themed and Immersive Spaces
EXPERIMENTS
Impressions 1 - Seattle Gum Wall
Impressions 1 - Seattle Gum Wall
Impressions 1 - Seattle Gum Wall
On the occasion of our return to the airport, there was a woman on the shared ride van who said, rather glibly, “I never heard of the gum wall. That’s something for tourists, not for locals.” She was, it appears, unaware of the traditions of cave art, and also unwilling to accept the value of pilgrimage, however misdirected it may seem. She also lost sight of mana, and its appearances in places and through things we may have relinquished to the scrap heap of our existence. A social media review of the gum wall once said, “the only thing here is gum and people taking pictures of it,” and these words remind us of what is present—and absent—at the Gum Wall in Seattle, Washington. Here is an impression of this site. Inspirations from Walter Ruttman, Dziga Vertov, Chris Marker, and Godfrey Reggio. Recorded on a Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera, without tripod and with notable errors in exposure and focus, thus leading to new experimental possibilities. The sound is intended to evoke the soundscapes of the Buchla.
What Is Fremont?
Impressions 1 - Seattle Gum Wall
Impressions 1 - Seattle Gum Wall
What Is Fremont? - Fremont Street, Las Vegas. An experiment in ethnographic method.
I [Heart] Power
Impressions 1 - Seattle Gum Wall
I [Heart] Power
An older video focused on a short Las Vegas essay that I had written.
MY FAVORITE SPACES
Unexpected Immersion - Changi Airport, Singapore
Unexpected Immersion - Changi Airport, Singapore
Unexpected Immersion - Changi Airport, Singapore
Changi Airport, Singapore
My Favorite Themes - The Las Vegas Strip (2017)
Unexpected Immersion - Changi Airport, Singapore
Unexpected Immersion - Changi Airport, Singapore
My Favorite Themes - The Las Vegas Strip (2017)
My Favorite Sign – Paris, Las Vegas
Unexpected Immersion - Changi Airport, Singapore
My Favorite Sign – Paris, Las Vegas
My Favorite Sign – Paris, Las Vegas
A Lifestyle Hotel
The Ruin and Historical Space - Nuremberg, Germany
My Favorite Sign – Paris, Las Vegas
A Lifestyle Hotel - CitizenM Shoreditch Hotel
The Spy Theme - SafeHouse (Chicago)
The Ruin and Historical Space - Nuremberg, Germany
The Ruin and Historical Space - Nuremberg, Germany
The Spy Theme - SafeHouse (Chicago)
The Ruin and Historical Space - Nuremberg, Germany
The Ruin and Historical Space - Nuremberg, Germany
The Ruin and Historical Space - Nuremberg, Germany
The Ruin and Historical Space - Nuremberg, Germany