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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Roland Betancourt — Latest</title><subtitle>Art historian. Author of Disneyland and the Rise of Automation.</subtitle><link href="https://rolandbetancourt.com/"/><link rel="self" href="https://rolandbetancourt.com/feed.xml"/><id>https://rolandbetancourt.com/</id><updated>2026-10-25T00:00:00Z</updated><author><name>Roland Betancourt</name></author><entry><title>Screening and discussion, Disneyland Handcrafted — The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana</title><link href="https://thefridacinema.org/movies/disneyland-double-documentary-hosted-by-jeff-kurtti/"/><id>https://thefridacinema.org/movies/disneyland-double-documentary-hosted-by-jeff-kurtti/</id><updated>2026-10-25T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana</summary></entry><entry><title>Panel on Disneyland and the Rise of Automation, with Rachel Plotnick and Amy Bix — Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Annual Meeting, online</title><link href="https://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeting/2026-shot-annual-meeting/"/><id>https://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeting/2026-shot-annual-meeting/</id><updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Annual Meeting, online</summary></entry><entry><title>Talk and signing, Disneyana Fan Expo — Anaheim</title><link href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DdabBiCKo6B/"/><id>https://www.instagram.com/p/DdabBiCKo6B/</id><updated>2026-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Anaheim</summary></entry><entry><title>Science and Society Lecture — Science History Institute, Philadelphia</title><link href="https://www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events/disneyland-and-the-rise-of-automation/"/><id>https://www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events/disneyland-and-the-rise-of-automation/</id><updated>2026-08-20T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Science History Institute, Philadelphia</summary></entry><entry><title>“Byzantine Art,” a three-part course — Smithsonian Associates</title><link href="https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/byzantine-art"/><id>https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/byzantine-art</id><updated>2026-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Smithsonian Associates</summary></entry><entry><title>AMA on Disneyland and automation — r/AskHistorians</title><link href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1uz3yoe/ama_dr_roland_betancourt_on_disneyland_and/"/><id>https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1uz3yoe/ama_dr_roland_betancourt_on_disneyland_and/</id><updated>2026-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>r/AskHistorians</summary></entry><entry><title>“Inside Disneyland’s Machine” — Business Talk podcast</title><link href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul7xobAPRAA"/><id>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul7xobAPRAA</id><updated>2026-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Business Talk podcast</summary></entry><entry><title>How Disneyland Taught Us to Love Robots — Zócalo Public Square</title><link href="https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/how-disneyland-taught-us-to-love-robots/"/><id>https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/how-disneyland-taught-us-to-love-robots/</id><updated>2026-07-06T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Zócalo Public Square</summary></entry><entry><title>“Disneyland: Cold War Factory” — American Prestige</title><link href="https://www.thenation.com/podcast/politics/amprest-060226/"/><id>https://www.thenation.com/podcast/politics/amprest-060226/</id><updated>2026-06-03T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>American Prestige</summary></entry><entry><title>Disney’s $60 Billion Bet on the One Thing AI Can’t Replace — Fortune</title><link href="https://fortune.com/2026/04/28/disney-josh-damaro-ai-parks-60-billion-walt-disney-playbook/"/><id>https://fortune.com/2026/04/28/disney-josh-damaro-ai-parks-60-billion-walt-disney-playbook/</id><updated>2026-04-28T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Fortune</summary></entry><entry><title>Walt Disney visited a Ford factory in 1948. What he saw there became Disneyland. — Smithsonian</title><link href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/walt-disney-visited-a-ford-factory-in-1948-what-he-witnessed-there-laid-the-groundwork-for-what-would-become-disneyland-180988551/"/><id>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/walt-disney-visited-a-ford-factory-in-1948-what-he-witnessed-there-laid-the-groundwork-for-what-would-become-disneyland-180988551/</id><updated>2026-04-27T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Smithsonian</summary></entry></feed>
