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[Marshall McLuhan and Robert J. Fleming]

Item number (ISN):

427839

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1971-11-16

Item number (ISN):

427839

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MCLUHAN, Marshall H.

Accession:

1984-0224

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1971-11-16

Production company:

Ryerson Community Television ?

Production credit:

producer, Williams; Donald J. Gillies

Description:

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Discussion by Marshall McLuhan with Robert J. Fleming on the subject of plans to create University Canada North. The university, of which Richard Rohmer was the chair, was to be in Canada's North. McLuhan talks about: how the university will be in contact with aboriginal culture; the benefit to such a university in bringing the corporate wisdom typical of a university such as the University of Toronto into contact with the oral tradition among the people of Canada's North; the need for universities to become more relevant to students; the development of universities into services for big government and big business, which deprives students of the opportunity to engage in dialogue and learn in a leisured environment; the need for universities to move away from delivering knowledge in packaged form and instead to concentrate on the core problem in any given area of learning; McLuhan's description of this core problem as ignorance; the role that new media, such as radio and television broadcasting can play in modern universities, allowing experts to discuss the essential problems in their field and allow students to engage in dialogue, rather than just imparting imformation; McLuhan's view that new media such as radio and television are making information more accessible, meaning that the role of universities can change from imparting information to discussing problems; the contribution Inuit communities can make because of the different perspective Inuit people have due to their need to understand the whole of their environment in order to survive; a discussion of wholeness as a perspective as opposed to the specialization of knowledge in universities; pattern recognition as an important learning process; the function of a university in relation to the larger community in which it resides; and the importance of the Northern community to the proposed Northern university. <30mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This was produced at the facilities of Ryerson Community Television.~2. The tape label credits Williams and Gillies as producers.~3. Reproduction only with the written permission of Donald J. Gillies, Professor, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.~4. Image is snowy at times. ~4. The recording stops while McLuhan is in mid-sentence, followed by a short gap and the announcement that this was produced at the facilities of Ryerson Community Televison. ~6. LAC no longer has the equipment necessary to copy the one-inch videotape original.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

165484

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8502-0136

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

526403

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V3 8502-0002

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Duration:

30:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

526404

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8407-0102

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 8502-0002

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

716473

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V3_8502-0002.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V3 8502-0002

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

716474

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V3_8502-0002.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V3 8502-0002

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8502-0136
V1 8407-0102

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 16110

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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