{"221031":{"#nid":"221031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Everyday Objects as Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EObject Lessons is an essay and book series published by\u0026nbsp;The Atlantic\u0026nbsp;and Bloomsbury about\u0026nbsp;the hidden lives of ordinary things, from sardines to silence, juniper berries to jumper cables.\u0026nbsp;The series, co-conceived and co-edited by Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair of Media Studies Ian Bogost, was started to provide writers and scholars a way to write for a broad, general audience about things of any kind as a type of technology.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBogost also sees the series as an innovative revision to both science journalism and technology publishing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Allowing scholars to write lithe, readable pieces in their own words for a smart, general audience at The Atlantic offers a needed antidote to breathless (and often inaccurate) technology writing,\u0022 Bogost explains. \u0022In addition, the series offers those who might not otherwise have reason, interest or opportunity to publish a book on their object of interest to do so.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EObject Lessons books will be short\u2014about 25,000 words\u2014and will be globally distributed in print and electronic format by Bloomsbury, a publisher that boasts both a scholarly and a trade arm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach Object Lessons project will start from a specific inspiration: an anthropological query, ecological matter,\u0026nbsp;historical event, literary passage, personal narrative, philosophical speculation, technological innovation\u2014and from\u0026nbsp;there develop original insights around and novel lessons about the object in question.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Subjects, methods and style are totally open,\u0022 explained Bogost. \u0022So far, we have work in the hopper on car parks, shower curtains, blankets, Google Glass, trees, e-ink, thermostats, the remote control, elevators and many more.\u0026nbsp;The possibilities are quite literally endless.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information or to submit a proposal, visit http:\/\/objectsobjectsobjects.com.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Faculty, students encouraged to submit ideas for publication"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2013-07-08 14:55:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:30","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"221041":{"id":"221041","type":"image","title":"Object Lessons","body":null,"created":"1449243508","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:38:28","changed":"1475894888","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:08","alt":"Object Lessons","file":{"fid":"197258","name":"object.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/object_0.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/object_0.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":6577,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/object_0.gif?itok=gmdrG-97"}}},"media_ids":["221041"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/objectsobjectsobjects.com\/","title":"Object Lessons Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"},{"id":"69141","name":"Object Lessons"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003EMedia Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}