Presented By: Communication and Media
Communication & Media Speaker Series
"The Medium is the Message, Revisited: Media and Black Epistemologies" by Professor Armond Towns, Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Who is the human in media philosophy? Although media philosophers have argued since the twentieth century that media are fundamental to being human, this question has not been explicitly asked and answered in the field. Armond R. Towns demonstrates that humanity in media philosophy has implicitly referred to a social Darwinian understanding of the human as a Western, white, male, capitalist figure. Building on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy. On Black Media Philosophy deftly illustrates that media are not only important for Western Humanity but central to alternative Black epistemologies and other ways of being human.
Livestream Information
ZoomMarch 17, 2022 (Thursday) 2:30pm
Meeting ID: 95493362346
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