Episode 89

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21st Mar 2025

#89: Harold Innis - Minerva’s Owl

This episode focuses on Harold Innis’ 1947 presidential

address to the Royal Society of Canada, “Minerva’s Owl” and his appendix to the

address. Barry and Mike discuss how Innis charts the relationships among power,

knowledge, and technologies and their relations to the durability of imperial

systems.

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Critical Media Studies
The Critical Media Studies podcast discusses the interplay of technology and culture from an academic perspective. In each episode we consider the work of a prominent thinker in the field of critical media studies and discuss the implications of their work in relation to other thinkers and in light of current social contexts.

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