{"219081":{"#nid":"219081","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ian Bogost Announces Object Lessons","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe series, which is published by \u003Cem\u003EThe Atlantic \u003C\/em\u003E(essays) and Bloomsbury (books), was launched earlier in June and will be edited by Bogost and Chris Schaberg.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EObject Lessons invites contributions from scholars, writers, journalists. Essays of roughly 2,000 words will be published online at \u003Cem\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/em\u003E\u0027s Technology Channel. Concise, affordable, beautifully designed books of roughly 25,000 words will be published in print and electronic formats by Bloomsbury.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a part of the series launch, the first book, by Caetlin Benson-Allott, examines the remote control from an historical perspective. The first essay, by Leigh Alexander, is a paean to the Domino\u0027s Pizza (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/06\/dominos-the-pizza-that-never-sleeps\/276572\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/06\/dominos-the-pizza-that-never-sleeps\/276572\/\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Bogost, this is \u0022only the beginning. We\u0027ve got \u003Cem\u003Elots\u003C\/em\u003E more essays and books in the pipeline already, so stay tuned for more.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"An Essay and Book Series on the Hidden Lives of Ordinary Objects"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27725","created_gmt":"2013-06-25 10:36:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:27","author":"Carol Senf","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"68511","name":"ordinary objects"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ian.bogost@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eian.bogost@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}