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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.
Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature, and Art
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.
Digital Memory Agents in Canada
Performance, Representation, and Culture
ISBN: 9781772127447
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 29, 2024
280 Pages
Essays that explore how the digital traces of counter-memories—the stories that society has historically and presently tried to silence—leave their mark on various cultures, policies, discourses, and ideologies in Canada.
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.
Feminist Acts
Branching Out Magazine and the Making of Canadian Feminism
ISBN: 9781772124842
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: September 26, 2019
312 Pages
A vital text of feminist recuperation; an eye-opening examination of feminist publishing, community-building, and survival.
The Creation of iGiselle
Classical Ballet Meets Contemporary Video Games
ISBN: 9781772123814
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 24, 2019
232 Pages
Romantic ballet meets artificial intelligence to change the tragic narrative, allowing for possible “feminine endings.”
The Evolving Feminine Ballet Body
ISBN: 9781772123340
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 4, 2018
228 Pages
Seven essays discuss both the local perspective and the broader cultural narratives of contemporary ballet.

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
Living and Learning with Feminist Ethics, Literature, and Art
ISBN: 9781772127713
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: December 10, 2024
294 Pages
Digital Memory Agents in Canada
Performance, Representation, and Culture
ISBN: 9781772127447
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: October 29, 2024
280 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
Feminist Acts
Branching Out Magazine and the Making of Canadian Feminism
ISBN: 9781772124842
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: September 26, 2019
312 Pages
The Creation of iGiselle
Classical Ballet Meets Contemporary Video Games
ISBN: 9781772123814
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 24, 2019
232 Pages
The Evolving Feminine Ballet Body
ISBN: 9781772123340
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication date: January 4, 2018
228 Pages