Beyond Literacy

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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

Nov 27 2014 17 mins

The University of Guelph First Year Seminar course, Beyond Literacy, explores the idea of post-literacy through interviews and experiments.

Episode Nine - Post-Literacy: What Has It Meant to Us

Dec 10 2013 18 mins

Episode Nine - Post-Literacy: What Has It Meant to Us by Beyond Literacy

Episode Eight - PostHumans: A Radio Play

Nov 27 2013 10 mins

Episode Eight - PostHumans: A Radio Play by Beyond Literacy

Episode Seven - We Welcome Our Machine Overlords

Nov 23 2013 18 mins

Episode Seven - We Welcome Our Machine Overlords by Beyond Literacy

Episode Six - Synthesizing Information

Nov 19 2013 18 mins

Episode Six - Synthesizing Information by Beyond Literacy

Episode Five - What If You Could Remember Everything

Nov 19 2013 8 mins

Episode Five - What If You Could Remember Everything by Beyond Literacy

Episode Four - Too Much Information

Nov 02 2013 18 mins

Episode Four - Too Much Information by Beyond Literacy

Episode Three - Digital Reading

Oct 24 2013 22 mins

Episode Three - Digital Reading by Beyond Literacy

Episode Two - Is Reading an Addiction

Oct 17 2013 10 mins

Is reading an addiction? Are we happily addicted? Does our addiction prevent us from seeing or accepting a post-literate future?

Episode One - The Alphabet: It's Just a Tool

Oct 10 2013 8 mins

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.