gogogo
Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007.Description: ix, 385 p. : illISBN:
  • 0262201682 (hbk.)
  • 9780262201681 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.1 TUR
Fiction notes: Click to open in new window
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 745.1 TUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100477109

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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

Theoredical essay and bibliographical essay by Sherry Turkle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments (p. viii)
  • Introduction: The Things That Matter (p. 3)
  • Objects of Design and Play
  • My Cello (p. 12)
  • Knots (p. 22)
  • The Archive (p. 30)
  • Stars (p. 38)
  • Keyboards (p. 46)
  • Objects of Discipline and Desire
  • Ballet Slippers (p. 54)
  • The Elite Glucometer (p. 62)
  • The Yellow Raincoat (p. 70)
  • The Datebook (p. 76)
  • My Laptop (p. 86)
  • Blue Cheer (p. 92)
  • Objects of History and Exchange
  • The Radio (p. 102)
  • The Bracelet (p. 110)
  • The Axe Head (p. 118)
  • Dit Da Jow: Bruise Wine (p. 126)
  • The Vacuum Cleaner (p. 136)
  • Objects of Transition and Passage
  • The Melbourne Train (p. 144)
  • 1964 Ford Falcon (p. 152)
  • The Synthesizer (p. 162)
  • Murray: The Stuffed Bunny (p. 170)
  • The World Book (p. 178)
  • The Silver Pin (p. 184)
  • Objects of Mourning and Memory
  • Death-Defying Superheroes (p. 194)
  • The SX-70 Instant Camera (p. 208)
  • Salvaged Photographs (p. 216)
  • The Rolling Pin (p. 224)
  • The Painting in the Attic (p. 232)
  • The Suitcase (p. 244)
  • Objects of Meditation and New Vision
  • Chinese Scholars' Rocks (p. 252)
  • Apples (p. 260)
  • The Mummy (p. 270)
  • The Geoid (p. 278)
  • Foucault's Pendulum (p. 286)
  • Slime Mold (p. 296)
  • What Makes an Object Evocative? (p. 307)
  • Notes (p. 328)
  • Selected Bibliography (p. 344)
  • Epigraph Sources (p. 364)
  • Illustration Credits (p. 370)
  • Index (p. 374)

Powered by Koha