{"351491":{"#nid":"351491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Santesso Wins James Russell Lowell Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Lowell prize is awarded by the Modern Language Association of America, the world\u0027s largest academic association centering on the study of languages and literatures.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Watchman in Pieces: Surveillance, Literature, and Liberal Personhood \u003C\/em\u003Ewas published by Yale University Press in 2013. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe prize\u0026nbsp;consists of a cash award and a certificate and will be presented to Aaron and his co-author at the MLA\u0027s annual convention in January 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe selection committee had this so say about the book: \u0022\u003Cem\u003EThe Watchman in Pieces\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;is outstanding in both scope and execution --\u0026nbsp;a risk-taking\u0026nbsp;historical overview of signal developments in the coevolution of the surveillant state and\u0026nbsp;the self-monitoring liberal subject from the sixteenth century into the present. To the\u0026nbsp;manifest timeliness\u0026nbsp;of their topic David Rosen and Aaron Santesso bring the seasoning\u0026nbsp;perspective of history and the subtilizing perspective of theory, including a firm\u0026nbsp;resistance to the sovereignty of Foucauldian paradigms.\u0026nbsp;Closely watched texts come alive\u0026nbsp;in new ways; even more impressive are the juxtapositions that carry the argument\u0026nbsp;forward.\u0026nbsp;The authors sustain\u0026nbsp;a deft expository verve that conveys an\u0026nbsp;ambitious template\u0026nbsp;for reading and rereading in a wide variety of genres.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Aaron Santesso and co-author Dr. David Rosen of Trinity College wrote The Watchman in Pieces. Surveillance, Literature, and Liberal Personhood."}],"uid":"27725","created_gmt":"2014-12-03 11:46:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:37","author":"Carol Senf","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"351481":{"id":"351481","type":"image","title":"Aaron Santesso","body":null,"created":"1449245714","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:15:14","changed":"1475895078","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:18","alt":"Aaron Santesso","file":{"fid":"201118","name":"img_60.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_60_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_60_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":27432,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_60_0.jpg?itok=eNt3BKOg"}}},"media_ids":["351481"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"111411","name":"historical overview"},{"id":"167617","name":"surveillance"},{"id":"14673","name":"theory"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:aaron.santesso@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eaaron.santesso@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}