Critical Digital Engagement: Marcel O'Gorman at TEDxTrentUniversity

Marcel O'Gorman is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Waterloo and Director of the Critical Media Lab. His published research, including E-Crit: Digital Media, Critical Theory and the Humanities (University of Toronto Press, 2006) is concerned primarily with the fate of the humanities in a digital culture. O'Gorman's most recent work investigates the "collusion of death and technology," which is leading to a book of essays and projects called NECROMEDIA. O'Gorman is also a practicing artist, working primarily with physical computing inventions and architectural installations.

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