McLuhan at Vidfest 2008

by mtippett | April 24, 2008 at 07:42 pm | 509 views | 7 comments

If you are in Vancouver this month you should get to Vidfest. The festival's line-up includes some great people including Wired's Editor-in-Chief, Chris Anderson as well as John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the EFF. I will also be there. I have the privilege of interviewing Marshall McLuhan's son Eric. Eric is one of the preeminent scholars of his father's work.

Living in a digital world has created a new culture of the nomad, one of metaphysical hunters of information. The old hunter-gatherer used a spear and arrow, the new version uses a laptop and wifi - to much greater effect. Join this renowned scholar and son of Marshall McLuhan as he discusses digital media and it’s impact on today’s communication.
Speakers:
Dr. Eric McLuhan
(Interviewer) Michael Tippett, Founder and CMO, NowPublic

Hope to see you there.

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theunderminer

at 19:50 on April 24th, 2008

good stuff:

I like digital nomads and "metaphysical hunters of information"! Sounds like fun.

mtippett

at 19:57 on April 24th, 2008

In the spirit of crowdsourcing please feel free to pass on any questions you want me to ask Eric. Post them here or fire me an email.

moonwolf

at 20:05 on April 24th, 2008

good stuff:

If he is anything like his father it will be a cool interview.

The medium is the message!

mtippett

at 20:07 on April 24th, 2008

I have met him once before when I was working at the Vancouver Film School. We hosted him as a speaker for an event called 'McLuhan on McLuhan'. He is very impressive and had a very deep understanding of his father's work.