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Harley Parker
The McLuhan of the Museum
ISBN: 9781772127935
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: April 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
Examining Historic Blackfoot and Gros Ventre Maps
ISBN: 9781772127997
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: April 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.
The Culture Box
Museums as Media
ISBN: 9781772127942
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: March 13, 2025
256 Pages
The Culture Box reimagines museums as catalysts for cultural engagement and empathy. Parker applies McLuhan's medium theory, advocating for dynamic spaces fostering community participation, dialogue, and critical reflection.
Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature, and Art
ISBN: 9781772127713
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: November 14, 2024
328 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
Canada, the Métis, and a Resistant Hero
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
A Healing Manifesto
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
Terminal Immortality in Marvel’s Moral Universe
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
A Sourcebook
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.
Situating Design in Alberta
ISBN: 9781772125788
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: December 17, 2021
240 Pages
A diverse collection of scholarly and practical perspectives on the field of design in Alberta.
The Song of the Forest
ISBN: 9781894865630
Publisher: CIUS Press
Publication date: December 14, 2021
290 Pages
A new English translation of Lesia Ukrainka’s masterful modernist play The Song of the Forest (1911).
Harley Parker
The McLuhan of the Museum
ISBN: 9781772127935
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: April 15, 2025
240 Pages
Cartographic Poetry
Examining Historic Blackfoot and Gros Ventre Maps
ISBN: 9781772127997
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: April 1, 2025
256 Pages
The Culture Box
Museums as Media
ISBN: 9781772127942
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: March 13, 2025
256 Pages
The Culture Box reimagines museums as catalysts for cultural engagement and empathy. Parker applies McLuhan's medium theory, advocating for dynamic spaces fostering community participation, dialogue, and critical reflection.
Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature, and Art
ISBN: 9781772127713
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: November 14, 2024
328 Pages
The Riel Problem
Canada, the Métis, and a Resistant Hero
ISBN: 9781772127331
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: March 28, 2024
344 Pages
All Sky, Mirror Ocean
A Healing Manifesto
ISBN: 9781772126778
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 4, 2024
296 Pages
The Cancer Plot
Terminal Immortality in Marvel’s Moral Universe
ISBN: 9781772127119
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: November 23, 2023
336 Pages
Canadian Performance Documents and Debates
A Sourcebook
ISBN: 9781772126044
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: August 24, 2022
664 Pages
Situating Design in Alberta
ISBN: 9781772125788
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: December 17, 2021
240 Pages
The Song of the Forest
ISBN: 9781894865630
Publisher: CIUS Press
Publication date: December 14, 2021
290 Pages
