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        The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine

        The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine

        A 1967 New York City Seminar Featuring Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals

        Edited by William J. Buxton

        ISBN: 9781772128277

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: December 2, 2025

        272 Pages

        A new critical edition of a museum seminar report from 1967, featuring Marshall McLuhan and his collaborator Harley Parker.
        Collaborative Methods

        Collaborative Methods

        Participatory Data Analysis in Feminist Research

        Edited by Kaylan C. Schwarz, Claudia Mitchell, and Rebekah Hutten

        ISBN: 9781772127980

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: August 19, 2025

        240 Pages

        Collaborative Methods explores the intersections between participatory data analysis and feminist research.

        The Culture Box

        The Culture Box

        Museums as Media

        by Harley Parker

        Edited by Gary Genosko

        ISBN: 9781772127942

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: May 15, 2025

        256 Pages

        In this critical edition of a manuscript previously thought lost, Parker applies McLuhan’s medium theory and reimagines museums as catalysts for cultural engagement and empathy.
        Harley Parker

        Harley Parker

        The McLuhan of the Museum

        by Gary Genosko

        ISBN: 9781772127935

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: May 15, 2025

        240 Pages

        Genosko uncovers the legacy of Harley Parker (1915-1992), Canadian museum exhibition designer, typographer, and painter, and explores his innovative concepts reshaping museums as perceptual laboratories.
        Cartographic Poetry

        Cartographic Poetry

        Examining Historic Blackfoot and Gros Ventre Maps

        by Ted Binnema, François Lanoë, and Heinz W. Pyszczyk

        ISBN: 9781772127997

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: May 1, 2025

        256 Pages

        This first book-length study of five maps drawn by Blackfoot and Gros Ventre cartographers in 1801 and 1802 explores the maps’ cartographic conventions, utility, and beauty.
        Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature, and Art

        Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature, and Art

        Edited by Dominique Hétu, Libe García Zarranz, Amanda Fayant, and Marie Carrière

        ISBN: 9781772127713

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: December 10, 2024

        294 Pages

        A rigorous and expressive collection that investigates compelling forms of encounter, engagement, and care between self and other, human, nonhuman, and more-than-human, as well as diverse feminist practices.
        The Riel Problem

        The Riel Problem

        Canada, the Métis, and a Resistant Hero

        by Albert Braz

        ISBN: 9781772127331

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: March 28, 2024

        344 Pages

        Albert Braz examines how Louis Riel has been commemorated since 1967, charting his transformation from traitor to Canadian hero.
        All Sky, Mirror Ocean

        All Sky, Mirror Ocean

        A Healing Manifesto

        by Brad Necyk

        ISBN: 9781772126778

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: January 4, 2024

        296 Pages

        A research-creation project exploring artistic fieldwork, mental illness, and healing.
        The Cancer Plot

        The Cancer Plot

        Terminal Immortality in Marvel’s Moral Universe

        by Reginald Wiebe and Dorothy Woodman

        ISBN: 9781772127119

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: November 23, 2023

        336 Pages

        The Cancer Plot examines the moral, symbolic, and critical role of cancer in Marvel comics.
        Canadian Performance Documents and Debates

        Canadian Performance Documents and Debates

        A Sourcebook

        Edited by Anthony J. Vickery, Glen F. Nichols, and Allana C. Lindgren

        ISBN: 9781772126044

        Publisher: University of Alberta Press

        Publication date: August 24, 2022

        664 Pages

        Four centuries of playscripts and archival material challenge us to rethink Canadian theatre and performance.
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