http://www.mcluhan.ca/symposium_understanding_media.phtml Understanding Media: The extensions of man by Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), Canada's intellectual comet, was published in 1964. Forty years later, the McLuhan Global Research Network invites scholars, students, artists, and members of the public to participate in this online symposium on the impacts and relevance of this now classic work. The responses online will be curated and displayed at the Understanding Media Critical symposium to be held in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba (McLuhan's alma mater) on June 4, 2004, 12:30 - 2 PM, as part of the annual Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Congress (Multimedia theatre - Rm. 100, Fletcher Argue). To join the symposium live during that time, visit www.mcluhan.ca for instructions on how to participate virtually. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Forty Years of Understanding Media: A Symposium June 4 At the 2004 Social Sciences and Humanities Federation Academic Congress at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, on June 4th, 12:30 - 2 PM, The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto and the McLuhan Global Research Network, in partnership with the Association of Media Ecologists North, InSounds McLuhan Oral history project, and other interested participants, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of publication of Understanding Media: The extensions of man, written by one of the University of Manitoba's most eminent alumni, Marshall McLuhan. This will be a multi-media event. Online comments will be accepted for the web-based counter-environment project for this symposium. For information, please contact Liss Jeffrey at the University of Toronto (ljeffrey@mcluhan.org) or Phil Rose at York University (prose@mcluhan.org). Understanding Media : Quarante ans plus tard Le 4 juin Le programme McLuhan en culture et en technologie de la University of Toronto et le McLuhan Global Research Network, en partenariat avec l'Association Media Ecologists North, le project InSounds histoire parlant, et autres intéressés célébrera le quarantième anniversaire de Pour comprendre les médias, de Marshall McLuhan, illustre ancien de la University of Manitoba. Il s'agira d'un événement multimédia. Veuillez diriger vos questions à Liss Jeffrey : ljeffrey@mcluhan.org ou Phil Rose: prose@mcluhan.org.