{"457151":{"#nid":"457151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lisa Yaszek: on Mars","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith new evidence suggesting the possibility of free-flowing water on Mars and the release of the blockbuster science fiction film \u003Cem\u003EThe Martian\u003C\/em\u003E, it seems that everyone has the red planet on their minds these days. LMC professor of science fiction studies Lisa Yaszek talks to the Daily Dot about the sudden resurgence of interest in Earth\u2019s nearest planetary neighbor, showing how the stories we tell ourselves about Mars change over time in tandem with the development of new technologies that quite literally provide new perspectives on the red planet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe immediate goal of this interview was to provide historical and cultural context for the recent resurgence of interest in Mars. The secondary goes was to demonstrate how faculty in the humanities at Georgia Tech can help us understand scientific, technological, and cultural developments from new perspectives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/geek\/mars-in-science-fiction-history-lisa-yaszek\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead the full interview here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stories we tell about Mars change over time, and are especially relevant right now."}],"uid":"28518","created_gmt":"2015-10-08 11:43:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:43","author":"Jessica Anderson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-10-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"457141":{"id":"457141","type":"image","title":"Mars daily dot","body":null,"created":"1449256334","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:12:14","changed":"1475895202","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:22","alt":"Mars daily dot","file":{"fid":"203503","name":"f26d595abeefbb301b60f47a1432d30d.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/f26d595abeefbb301b60f47a1432d30d_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/f26d595abeefbb301b60f47a1432d30d_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":417627,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/f26d595abeefbb301b60f47a1432d30d_0.jpg?itok=wOAQ72wp"}}},"media_ids":["457141"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}