Eskimos don’t live in igloos, they live in stone houses on the s… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October 9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 103

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Eskimos don’t live in igloos, they live in stone houses on the seashore, somewhat round in shape. The igloo is a product of the white man’s visitations. When the white man showed them the Primus stove, they added that to the snow house and it became possible to live there. Or if they didn’t live there, they used it for their trapping lines.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October 9-10, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 103

Quote #416

Year: 1967

Chapters: Architecture | Tribal Societies

↪ Also at #7118