This weekend we're exploring the life and work of Canadian philosopher and media visionary Marshall McLuhan, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of his birth on 21 July 1911.
Beginning at 9am AEST on Saturday 23 July,
ABC McLuhan is a weekend dedicated to documentary features, archival material and discussion from around the globe.
See below for the complete schedule.
On ABC Digital Radio you can find
ABC McLuhan by scrolling through the station selector on your digital receiver. If you're outside the ABC Digital Radio broadcast zones you can listen to ABC McLuhan streaming online, the links are at the bottom of this page.
We'll hear about McLuhan's life and influences, as well as leading thinkers discussing the relevance of his ideas in today's digital world.
At a time when our work, social and family lives are governed by media and interconnectivity, what we can learn from examining McLuhan's messages?
Along the way we'll meet McKenzie Wark, our McLuhan 'thinker-in-residence'. Professor Wark is Chair of Media and Culture at the New School for Social Research in New York. Originally from Newcastle, NSW, he first heard of Marshall McLuhan at age 16 when McLuhan appeared on the ABC TV show Monday Conference.
We are also delighted to be able to bring you a number of international programs about Marshall McLuhan, including several from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CBC Radio One's Spark is a radio show and a blog about technology and culture. Throughout May, Spark took an in-depth look at Marshall McLuhan and how his thinking fits with today's digital world. From the tools made by prehistoric humans, to the future of social media, the four-part series is fascinating exploration of both McLuhan and technological change. Visit the
Spark website and sign up for free podcasts.
Thanks also to transmediale and FutureEverything for permission to broadcast the inaugural McLuhan in Europe 2011 lecture, given at the 2010 FutureEverything festival by Dr Darren Wershler, Professor of English at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. For more information
visit their website.
Thanks to Paul Levinson, Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City, for permission to include his lecture Marshall McLuhan at 100, in the
ABC McLuhan broadcast. Levinson's latest book is
New New Media.
ABC McLUHAN DIGITAL RADIO WEEKEND SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 23rd JULY
9.00 AM-NOON
ABC McLuhan “Thinker-in-Residence” McKenzie Wark talks to Cassie McCullagh
ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas presented by McKenzie Wark
New Zealand-based McLuhan scholar Dr Andrew Chrystall talks to McKenzie Wark and Cassie McCullagh
Archival: Marshall McLuhan as guest on ABC Television’s Monday Conference, 1977
CBC Radio’s Spark series on McLuhan - Part One
Archival: ABC Radio interview with Marshall McLuhan by Tara McCarthy, 1979
NOON-3.00 PM
ABC Radio National's Hindsight feature documentary “Whatcha doing, Marshall McLuhan?”
ABC Radio National's Future Tense – Life in the digital world
McLuhan in Europe 2011 Lecture by Dr Darren Wershler
360 Radio Feature on gaming presented by Jason di Rosso
Archival: ABC Radio’s PM reports on McLuhan in 1977
3.00-6.00 PM
ABC Radio National's Encounter Radio Feature on McLuhan and his Faith
CBC Radio’s Spark series on McLuhan - Part Two
Paul Levinson lecture: McLuhan at 100
ABC Radio National's All In The Mind - Neuromarketing
6.00-9.00 PM
ABC Radio National's The Spirit of Things feature on online worship
The Medium is the Massage, 1968
ABC Radio National's The Night Air retakes McLuhan
ABC Radio National's Into The Music feature on the YouTube Symphony Orchestra
SATURDAY schedule repeats until 9.00 AM Sunday
SUNDAY 24th JULY9.00 AM - NOON
McLuhan scholar Dr Hart Cohen talks to McKenzie Wark and Cassie McCullagh
ABC Science broadcaster Robyn Williams talks with James Gleick
ABC Radio National's Encounter Radio Feature on McLuhan and his Faith
CBC Radio’s Spark series on McLuhan - Part Three
Archival: ABC Radio interview with Marshall McLuhan by Tara McCarthy, 1979
NOON-3.00 PM
360 Radio Feature on gaming presented by Jason di Rosso
Ted X Sydney talks about life in the information age
ABC Radio National's The Philosopher’s Zone Alan Saunders looks at McLuhan’s conservative roots
ABC Radio National's Future Tense talks to two leading thinkers on the online issues
ABC Radio National's Into The Music feature on the YouTube Symphony Orchestra
3.00 PM-6 PM
ABC Radio National's Hindsight feature documentary “Whatcha doing, Marshall McLuhan?”
Archival: ABC Radio’s PM reports on McLuhan in 1977
ABC Radio National's Big Ideas presented by McKenzie Wark
CBC Radio’s Spark series on McLuhan - Part Four
Archival: ABC TV news interview on children and television
6.00 PM-9.00 PM
Archival: ABC Radio interview with Marshall McLuhan by Tara McCarthy, 1979
Hot and Cool - Big Ideas at GoMA
ABC Radio National's The Spirit of Things feature on online worship
The Medium is the Massage, 1968
McLuhan scholar Professor Paul Levinson talks to Phillip Adams
9.00 PM-10.00 PM
ABC Radio National's The Night Air retakes McLuhan
ABC Radio National's The Rhythm Divine - The Global Musical Village
ABC McLUHAN ENDS AT 10 PM SUNDAY 24th JULY
Other events and programming in the McLuhan Project include:
The McLuhan Project website
abc.net.au/rn/mcluhan
The McLuhan Project website hosts an extensive info-graphic showing key shifts in media, technology and the human experience in the 100 years since McLuhan's birth. There are exclusive McLuhan clips and audio from the ABC archives and links to other McLuhan-related sources, serious and fun. All details of radio and digital radio programming will also be available.
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