International Symposium
Communication Makes the Nation
A Comparison between Italian, Canadian and USA Models. Historical and Cultural Approaches
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Italian Unity (1861-2011)
& the 100th Anniversary of McLuhan’s Birth (1911-2011)
Bologna, March 24-26 2011
Promoted by
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
(Departments of Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Discipline Storiche, Scienze della Comunicazione, Scienze dell’Educazione, Arti Visive)
With the Assistance of
Government of Canada & Canadian Embassy in Rome
Foundation Flaminia Ravenna
Region Emilia Romagna
In collaboration with
Master di Comunicazione Storica, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
McLuhan Program, University of Toronto
City of Bologna – Department of Culture
Museo Civico Archeologico of Bologna
Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere – University of Bologna
Collegio Superiore Alma Mater Studiorum University di Bologna
Italia Cultural Institute, Toronto
Guglielmo Marconi Foundation, Bologna
Events
McProbes
Literacy remains even now the base and model of all programs of industrial mechanization; but, at the same time, locks the minds and senses of its users in the mechanical and fragmentary matrix that is so necessary to the maintenance of mechanized society.
— Marshall McLuhan100McLuhan Countdown







