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McLuhan at Vidfest 2008
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by mtippett | April 24, 2008 at 03:42 pm
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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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at 15:50 on April 24th, 2008
I like digital nomads and "metaphysical hunters of information"! Sounds like fun.
at 15:57 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.
at 16:30 on April 24th, 2008
mtippett, I like this story. I will look for your article on the interview. It should be very interesting.
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Rob Petersat 16:38 on April 24th, 2008
Shamefully my knowledge of McLuhan is pretty weak, so I'm excited to hear what Eric to say. Keep us posted.