[csaa-forum] wants/needs

[David Carter]

This reminds me of an occasion when I bumped into a old friend in Brunswick
St Fitzroy - over coffee I noticed his shopping list. The top few items
read:

Shoelaces
Muesli
Condoms
Biography of Woody Allen

It was a moment in the chronotope.


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[mailto:csaa-forum-bounces at lists.cdu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Alan McKee
Sent: Wednesday, 1 December 2004 11:41 AM
To: csaa-forum at lists.cdu.edu.au
Subject: [csaa-forum] wants/needs

Hello everybody,

Just been reading some writing on public broadcasting, and I'm fascinated 
by the durability of the 'want/need' binary in critical thinking (as in 
'commercial culture encourages people to buy things they think they want, 
not what they really need'). I'm interested in what we currently think are 
real needs, and what are merely wants, in twenty first century Australia. 
If anyone has a few spare seconds, would you mind putting 'need' or 'want' 
next to the ten items on this list, and emailing it to me at 
a.mckee at qut.edu.au?

Love youse all

Alan McKee

washing machine
lipstick
children's toys
bathroom cleaning products
car
books
televisions
shaving products
CDs
breakfast cereal




Alan McKee, PhD
Film and Television
Creative Industries Precinct
Queensland University of Technology
Kelvin Grove
QLD 4059
Australia

07 3864 8235
07 3864 8195 (fax)

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