TY - GEN AU - Turkle, Sherry Ed. TI - Evocative objects : things we think with SN - 9780262516778 U1 - 745.59 PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge PB - MIT Press N1 - CONTENTS Acknowledgments 3 Sherry Turkic Introduction: The Things That Matter OBJECTS OF DESIGN AND PLAY 12 Tod Machover My Cello 22 Carol Strohecker Knots 30 Susan Yee The Archive 38 Mitchel Resnick Stars 46 Howard Gardner Keyboards OBJECTS OF DISCIPLINE AND DESIRE 54 Eden Medina Ballet Slippers 62 Joseph Cevetello The Elite Glucometer 7O Matthew Belmonte The Yellow Raincoat 76 Michelle Hlubinka The Datebook 86 Annalee Newitz My Laptop 92 Gail Wight Blue Cheer OBJECTS OF HISTORY AND EXCHANGE 102 Julian Beinart The Radio 11O Irene Castle McLaughlin The Bracelet 118 David Mitten The Axe Head 126 Susan Spilecki Dit Da Jow: Bruise Wine 136 Nathan Greenslit The Vacuum Cleaner OBJECTS OF TRANSITION AND PASSAGE 144 William J. Mitchell The Melbourne Train 152 Judith Donath 1964 Ford Falcon 162 Trevor Pinch The Synthesizer 17O Tracy Gleason Murray: The Stuffed Bunny 178 David Mann The World Book 184 Susan Rubin Suleiman The Silver Pin OBJECTS OF MOURNING AND MEMORY Henry Jenkins Death-Defying Superheroes Stefan Helmreich The SX-70 Instant Camera Glorianna Davenport Salvaged Photographs Susan Pollak The Rolling Pin Caroline A. Jones The Painting in the Attic Olivia Daste The Suitcase OBJECTS OF MEDITATION 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 Turkle What Makes an Object Evocative? Notes Selected Bibliography Epigraph Sources Illustration Credits Index ER -