“The present tendency to involve all of the senses contrasted wi… — Quoted by Richard Shapard in a New York Times, October, 1967 reviewing the museum seminar headlined by McLuhan and Harley Parker, in The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript, edited by William Buxton, published 2026, p 12

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“The present tendency to involve all of the senses contrasted with an opposite trend in the orient. We’re orientalizing with new techniques… they are westernizing with old techniques.”

Quoted by Richard Shapard in a New York Times, October, 1967 reviewing the museum seminar headlined by McLuhan and Harley Parker, in The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript, edited by William Buxton, published 2026, p 12

Quote #7456

Year: 1967

Chapter: West and East