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The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine
A 1967 New York City Seminar Featuring Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals
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.
Harley Parker
The McLuhan of the Museum
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.
The Culture Box
Museums as Media
ISBN: 9781772127942
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: April 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.
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.
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.
Art-Medicine Collaborative Practice
Transforming the Experience of Head and Neck Cancer
ISBN: 9781772124156
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: August 15, 2019
96 Pages
A unique fusion of medicine and art exploring the experience of head and neck cancer.
Imagining Science
Art, Science, and Social Change
ISBN: 9780888645081
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: November 6, 2008
124 Pages
Artists, scientists, social commentators engage the thorny issue of biotechnology using a collaborative, positive approach.
Architecture, Town Planning and Community
Selected Writings and Public Talks by Cecil Burgess, 1909-1946
ISBN: 9780888644558
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 4, 2006
440 Pages
This collection of Burgess's public talks and writings offers a unique insight into the social and intellectual dimensions of architecture and town planning during the first half of the twentieth century....

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine
A 1967 New York City Seminar Featuring Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals
ISBN: 9781772128277
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: December 2, 2025
272 Pages
Harley Parker
The McLuhan of the Museum
ISBN: 9781772127935
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: May 15, 2025
240 Pages
The Culture Box
Museums as Media
ISBN: 9781772127942
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: April 15, 2025
256 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
Situating Design in Alberta
ISBN: 9781772125788
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: December 17, 2021
240 Pages
Art-Medicine Collaborative Practice
Transforming the Experience of Head and Neck Cancer
ISBN: 9781772124156
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: August 15, 2019
96 Pages
Imagining Science
Art, Science, and Social Change
ISBN: 9780888645081
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: November 6, 2008
124 Pages
Architecture, Town Planning and Community
Selected Writings and Public Talks by Cecil Burgess, 1909-1946
ISBN: 9780888644558
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 4, 2006
440 Pages