Richard Cavell

person

also known as Cavell

Canadian academic and McLuhan scholar, author of McLuhan in Space and Remediating McLuhan. In dialogue 01 he is the foil for what Bob and Cameron take to be insufficient McLuhan scholarship — too little time in the archives, too abstract a grasp of acoustic and tactile space.

Across the dialogues

01

The contemporary McLuhan scholar — and why Bob and Cameron find his reading thin

Cameron is "not a great fan" of Cavell — judging his grasp of the depths of McLuhan off.

"I'm not a great fan of Cavell."

Cameron McEwen▷d.01 • 1:30:22asserted

For McLuhan in Space, Cavell spent only two weeks in the archives — which, for Bob, "is not long enough."

"He said he spent two weeks in the archives."

Bob Dobbs▷d.01 • 1:31:17asserted

Connections

connects toMarshall McLuhan

Author of McLuhan in Space and Remediating McLuhan; Cameron and Bob both find his reading of acoustic/tactile space insufficient. ▷d.01 • 1:30:02