Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2007.
©2007.

Description:

ix, 385 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-363) and index.
My cello / Tod Machover -- Knots / Carol Strohecker -- Archive / Susan Yee -- Stars / Mitchel Resnick -- Keyboards / Howard Gardner -- Ballet slippers / Eden Medina -- Elite glucometer / Joseph Cevetello -- Yellow raincoat / Matthew Belmonte -- Datebook / Michelle Hlubinka -- My laptop / Annalee Newitz -- Blue cheer / Gail Wight -- Radio / Julian Beinart -- Bracelet / Irene Castle McLaughlin -- Axe head / David Mitten -- Dit Da Jow : bruise wine / Susan Spilecki -- Vacuum cleaner / Nathan Greenslit -- Melbourne train / William J. Mitchell -- 1964 Ford Falcon / Judith Donath -- Synthesizer / Trevor Pinch -- Murray : the stuffed bunny / Tracy Gleason -- World Book / David Mann -- Silver pin / Susan Rubin Suleiman -- Death-defying superheroes / Henry Jenkins -- SX-70 instant camera / Stefan Helmreich -- Salvaged photographs / Glorianna Davenport -- Rolling pin / Susan Pollak -- Painting in the attic / Caroline A. Jones -- Suitcase / Olivia Dasté -- Chinese scholars' rocks / Nancy Rosenblum -- Apples / Susannah Mandel -- Mummy / Jeffrey Mifflin -- Geoid / Michael M J. Fischer -- Foucault's pendulum / Robert P. Crease -- Slime mold / Evelyn Fox Keller -- What makes an object evocative? / Sherry Turkle.
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Summary:

In Evocative Objects, the author 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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ISBN:

9780262201681 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262201682 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780262516778
0262516772

Subject:

Transitional objects (Psychology)
Perception.
Form perception.
Imprinting (Psychology)
Psychoanalysis.
Attachment behavior.
Objets transitionnels.
Perception des formes.
Empreinte (Psychologie)
Psychanalyse.
Attachement.
psychoanalysis.
Objekt
Alltagsgegenstand
Theorie
Objets usuels.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Turkle, Sherry.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252446
Call No.: BIB 182150
Status: Available