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Beyond Literacy

English, Literature, 1 season, 11 episodes, 2 hours, 43 minutes
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Reading and writing are doomed. Literacy as we know it is over. Welcome to the post-literate future. This is a podcast created by a class of graduate students at the iSchool, University of Toronto. We encourage you to participate - don't just listen! Comment on our blog and get in touch: beyondliteracyradio.com / @beyondliteracy
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Beyond Literacy: The First Year Seminar Podcast

The University of Guelph First Year Seminar course, Beyond Literacy, explores the idea of post-literacy through interviews and experiments.
11/27/201417 minutes, 25 seconds
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Episode Nine - Post-Literacy: What Has It Meant to Us

Episode Nine - Post-Literacy: What Has It Meant to Us by Beyond Literacy
12/10/201318 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode Eight - PostHumans: A Radio Play

Episode Eight - PostHumans: A Radio Play by Beyond Literacy
11/27/201310 minutes, 32 seconds
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Episode Seven - We Welcome Our Machine Overlords

Episode Seven - We Welcome Our Machine Overlords by Beyond Literacy
11/23/201318 minutes, 42 seconds
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Episode Six - Synthesizing Information

Episode Six - Synthesizing Information by Beyond Literacy
11/19/201318 minutes, 21 seconds
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Episode Five - What If You Could Remember Everything

Episode Five - What If You Could Remember Everything by Beyond Literacy
11/19/20138 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode Four - Too Much Information

Episode Four - Too Much Information by Beyond Literacy
11/2/201318 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode Three - Digital Reading

Episode Three - Digital Reading by Beyond Literacy
10/24/201322 minutes, 10 seconds
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Episode Two - Is Reading an Addiction

Is reading an addiction? Are we happily addicted? Does our addiction prevent us from seeing or accepting a post-literate future?
10/18/201310 minutes, 36 seconds
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Episode One - The Alphabet: It's Just a Tool

The alphabet is one of our most important inventions. But it's just a tool. It can be replaced or displaced by another more powerful and advantageous tool. The dialogue about post-literacy continues.
10/10/20138 minutes, 50 seconds
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Episode Zero - Introducing Beyond Literacy

This is the first in a series of podcasts about the possibility of a post-literate future.
10/4/201310 minutes