Barcelona will host, from May 23-25, the international congress McLuhan Galaxy Barcelona 2011 Understanding Media, Today, which commemorates the centennial of the birth of the professor Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980),one of the great theoreticians of communication and creator of popular concepts such as The Global Village or The Gutenberg Galaxy.
Venue
Barcelona
Espanya
When
23/05/2011 - 25/05/2011
Organized by
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, IN3 and UPF, in collaboration with CCCB
Program
This event is organized by the Faculty of Communication of Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Interdisciplinary Internet Institute (IN3) of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia-UOC), and has the collaboration of the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB).
The McLuhan Galaxy Barcelona 2011 will include conferences by Manuel Castells (IN3/UOC), Paul Levinson (Fordham University, NYC), Derrick de Kerckhove (IN3/UOC), Ursula Heise (Stanford University), Robert K. Logan (University of Toronto), Javier Díaz Noci (UPF), Dominique Scheffel-Dunand (University of Toronto) and Carlos A. Scolari (UPF).
Round tables will include participation by Javier Echeverría (University of the Basque Country), Alejandro Piscitelli (University of Buenos Aires), Janine Marchessault (York University) and Bruce Powe (York University), among many others.
The congress will take place on the Campus of Communication - Poblenou of the UPF and in the Media-TIC building (headquarters of the IN3 of the UOC). The CCCB will host the sessions open to the public.
Confirm attendance
Call for papers:
07/01/2011