Technologies of Conveyance

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Date

2011-03-23

Authors

Timney, Meagan

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Publisher

Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture

Abstract

In this talk, Meagan Timney draws on McLuhan’s notions of the medium and the message to question how our interaction with the world around us changes through the use of the technologies that facilitate information transfer. Using examples from both past and present, she discusses how these technologies extend the human self through the creation of a virtual avatar.

Description

Meagan Timney is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Electronic Textual Cultures Laboratory at the University of Victoria. Her research interests include information architecture, human-computer-interaction, technology and society, and the future of the book.

Keywords

Marshall McLuhan, technologies of conveyance, information transfer, virtual avatar, Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture (PACTAC), Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL)

Citation

Timney, Meagan. "Technologies of Conveyance." Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, Victoria, B.C. 23 March 2011. Presentation.

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http://pactac.net/2011/03/technologies-of-conveyance/
 http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6755

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