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Evocative objects : things we think with / edited by Sherry Turkle.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 2011.Description: ix, 385 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780262516778 (pbk.) :
  • 9780262516778 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.91 TUR
LOC classification:
  • BF175.5.T73 E96 2011
Contents:
Sherry Turkle. Introduction: The things that matter -- Objects of design and play -- Tod Machover. My cello -- Carol Strohecker. Knots -- Susan Yee. The archive -- Mithcel Resnick. Stars -- Howard Gardner. Keyboards -- Objects of discipline and desire -- Eden Medina. Ballet slippers -- Joseph Cevetello. The elite glucometer -- Matthew Belmonte. The yellow raincoat -- Michelle Hlubinka. The datebook -- Annalee Newitz. My laptop -- Gail Wight. Blue cheer -- Objects of history and exchange -- Julian Beinart. The radio -- Irelen Castle McLauglin. The bracket -- David Mitten. The axe head -- Susan Spilecki. Dit da jow: Bruise wine -- Nathan Greenslit. The vacuum cleaner -- Objects of transition and passage -- William J. Mitchell. The Melbourne train -- Judith Donath. 1964 Ford Falcon -- Trevor Pinch. The synthesizer -- Tracy Gleason. Murray: the stuffed bunny -- David Mann. The world book -- Susan Rubin Suleiman. The silver pin -- Objects of mouring and memory -- Henry Jenkins. Death-defying superheroes -- Stefan Helmreich. The SX-70 instant camera -- Glorianna Davenport. Salvage photographs -- Susan Pollak. the rolling pin -- Caroline A. Jones. The painting in the attic -- Olivia Dasteþ. The suitcase -- Objects of mediatation and new vision -- Nancy Rosenblum. Chinese scholars\' rocks -- Susannah Mandel. Apples -- Jeffrey Mifflin. The mummy -- Michael M. J. Fischer. The geoid -- Robert P. Crease. Foucault\'s pendulum -- Evelyn Fox Keller. Slime mold -- Sherry Turkely. What maeks an object evocative?
Summary: Sherry Turkle collects writings by scientists, humanists, artists, and designers that trace the power of everyday things. These essays reveal objects as emotional and intellectual companions that anchor memory, sustain relationships, and provoke new ideas.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 155.91 TUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 218730

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sherry Turkle. Introduction: The things that matter -- Objects of design and play -- Tod Machover. My cello -- Carol Strohecker. Knots -- Susan Yee. The archive -- Mithcel Resnick. Stars -- Howard Gardner. Keyboards -- Objects of discipline and desire -- Eden Medina. Ballet slippers -- Joseph Cevetello. The elite glucometer -- Matthew Belmonte. The yellow raincoat -- Michelle Hlubinka. The datebook -- Annalee Newitz. My laptop -- Gail Wight. Blue cheer -- Objects of history and exchange -- Julian Beinart. The radio -- Irelen Castle McLauglin. The bracket -- David Mitten. The axe head -- Susan Spilecki. Dit da jow: Bruise wine -- Nathan Greenslit. The vacuum cleaner -- Objects of transition and passage -- William J. Mitchell. The Melbourne train -- Judith Donath. 1964 Ford Falcon -- Trevor Pinch. The synthesizer -- Tracy Gleason. Murray: the stuffed bunny -- David Mann. The world book -- Susan Rubin Suleiman. The silver pin -- Objects of mouring and memory -- Henry Jenkins. Death-defying superheroes -- Stefan Helmreich. The SX-70 instant camera -- Glorianna Davenport. Salvage photographs -- Susan Pollak. the rolling pin -- Caroline A. Jones. The painting in the attic -- Olivia Dasteþ. The suitcase -- Objects of mediatation and new vision -- Nancy Rosenblum. Chinese scholars\' rocks -- Susannah Mandel. Apples -- Jeffrey Mifflin. The mummy -- Michael M. J. Fischer. The geoid -- Robert P. Crease. Foucault\'s pendulum -- Evelyn Fox Keller. Slime mold -- Sherry Turkely. What maeks an object evocative?

Sherry Turkle collects writings by scientists, humanists, artists, and designers that trace the power of everyday things. These essays reveal objects as emotional and intellectual companions that anchor memory, sustain relationships, and provoke new ideas.

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