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The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, @ The Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto McLuhan Monday Night Seminars: Early Summer Series Free and Open to the Public Continuing the tradition of the open seminars held by Marshall McLuhan, the Monday Night Seminars offer a forum for unrestricted discussion of topics related to media and their effects within society, culture, politics, psychology, and the economy. Everyone who has an interest in such questions is invited to participate in the exchange of ideas and the connected development of new insight. The current series will feature provocative, lively, and engaging key-note speakers, who will address topics related to their own research or current thinking. Time & Location: Every Monday night from 7.15-9.30 p.m. (except June 2 which begins at 6pm) at the Faculty of Information Studies (FIS) 140 St. George Street at Harbord (the north east corner of the Robarts Library Complex) in room 728. First come, first seated. The seminars are for the open minded, and no previous knowledge is assumed. The moderater is Jesse Hirsh, Director of the New Media Unit at the McLuhan Program, and founder of TAO Communications. Topics and Speakers: May 26 - Naomi Klein - Writer - Toronto Star, Village Voice The Move From Identity Politics to Anti-Corporate Activism: A New Resistance for the Global Economy *June 2 (at 6pm) - Stephen Marshall - Founder and CEO of Channel Zero The Art of Revolution: Corporate Divestment as a Contact-Sport June 9 - John Barlow - Michael Edmunds - Jesse Hirsh - Stefan Pilipa Liquid Consciousness: The Poetics of the Electronic Spoken Word June 16 - David Noble - Professor, York University - History The Religion of Technology June 23 - Guizhi Wuang - McLuhan Program Fellow from China The Psychological Process of Chinese Characters With an introduction by Dr. Insup Taylor July 7 - Marcel Danesi - Professor, University of Toronto - Semiotics Revisiting Origin of the Language Theories July 14 - Mark Kingwell - Professor, University of Toronto - Philosophy Storming the Electronic Bastille: Democracy & The Internet in A Post-National World *Note Special Time on June 2 at 6pm http://www.tao.ca/~jesse -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQBtAzJ4EpAAAAEDANKD3bcrP+xvDk27ITs5+yrsYkcGBWQeQVjXCyd5stAGWhTg X/PQx7GTH7nEv+fyTyYbIoTvatpAHJG6vrZV2lPGFLhb2S8C1SwfQm2oKC2r+kI1 C6wlYRuMo3m9S78ABQAFEbQaSmVzc2UgSGlyc2ggPGplc3NlQHRhby5jYT6JAHUD BRAyj2oTjKN5vUu/AAUBAaaeAv9OPSdInuLVavqRk2vmlIyu5gm9UGU5yUEIlQJN CXp2qbwOzqTbyhXKNKrF/C/oMCY+OVMQOjz9naOyIcu0ZH3Hroi25aiU4AAYS/Kl DSYeHY6lSPIgN6PISFrJq6MrgYC0EWplc3NlQGxnbG9iYWwuY29t =HVVB -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@icf.de and "info nettime" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@icf.de