Canadian composer and creator of the concept of "soundscape," who as a student sat in McLuhan's 1951–52 class. His firsthand testimony to Bob corroborates one of the most striking early McLuhan lines — that Finnegans Wake "was not a book; it was a radio program."
Across the dialogues
The student-witness — corroborating McLuhan's 1951–52 "Finnegans Wake was a radio program"
Schafer, a student in McLuhan's 1951–52 class, gave Bob firsthand corroboration that McLuhan taught Finnegans Wake "was not a book; it was a radio program."
"And you brought up Murray Schafer. Murray told me, and he was in his class in '51, '52 or so, that Marshall insisted to them to understand that Finnegans Wake was not a book. It was a radio program."
From lone witness to a theory of his own — the soundscape read as McLuhan applied to sound, the city already music and the noise already dialogue between sounds
Cameron reads Schafer's soundscape as McLuhan applied to sound — the city already music, the noise already dialogue, "closely related to Cage's ideas"; the World Soundscape Project at Simon Fraser was its research arm.
"And his theory from McLuhan was that the cityscape is already music,"
Connections
A student in McLuhan's 1951–52 class; gave Bob firsthand testimony of McLuhan's teaching.
Corroborates that McLuhan taught Finnegans Wake "was not a book; it was a radio program" — in 1951–52.