Cell Tower (Object Lessons), Jones, Steven E., Good Book
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- ISBN
- 9781501348815
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1501348817
ISBN-13
9781501348815
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038410923
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cell Tower
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Engineering (General), Aesthetics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Semiotics & Theory
Publication Year
2020
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Book Series
Object Lessons Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
5.6 Oz
Item Length
6.5 in
Item Width
4.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-037305
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
As Steven E. Jones observes, we imagine that our mobile devices connect us to each other, and to a certain version of the world, in a manner that's invisible and ethereal. But in fact, this illusion depends on a great multiplicity of 200-foot-tall structures that we see, or decline to see, wherever we go: cell towers. Briskly deconstructing these enablers of our digital lives as physical objects, and as quasi-magical connectors of the immaterial, Jones reveals them as secret object-icons of our time. Once you've read this, you won't be able to stop seeing--and thinking about--the cell phone tower., As Steven E. Jones observes, we imagine that our mobile devices connect us to each other, and to a certain version of the world, in a manner that's invisible and ethereal. But in fact, this illusion depends on a great multiplicity of 200-foot-tall structures that we see, or decline to see, wherever we go: cell towers. Briskly deconstructing these enablers of our digital lives as physical objects, and as quasi-magical connectors of the immaterial, Johnson reveals them as secret object-icons of our time. Once you've read this, you won't be able to stop seeing--and thinking about--the cell phone tower., "As Steven E. Jones observes, we imagine that our mobile devices connect us to each other, and to a certain version of the world, in a manner that's invisible and ethereal. But in fact, this illusion depends on a great multiplicity of 200-foot-tall structures that we see, or decline to see, wherever we go: cell towers. Briskly deconstructing these enablers of our digital lives as physical objects, and as quasi-magical connectors of the immaterial, Jones reveals them as secret object-icons of our time. Once you've read this, you won't be able to stop seeing--and thinking about--the cell phone tower." -- Rob Walker, author of The Art of Noticing (2019), "Overall, Cell Tower provides useful insights into an infrastructural system so essential to our everyday engagements, yet rarely noticed and understood." -- Mobile Media and Communications "As Steven E. Jones observes, we imagine that our mobile devices connect us to each other, and to a certain version of the world, in a manner that's invisible and ethereal. But in fact, this illusion depends on a great multiplicity of 200-foot-tall structures that we see, or decline to see, wherever we go: cell towers. Briskly deconstructing these enablers of our digital lives as physical objects, and as quasi-magical connectors of the immaterial, Jones reveals them as secret object-icons of our time. Once you've read this, you won't be able to stop seeing--and thinking about--the cell phone tower." -- Rob Walker, author of The Art of Noticing (2019), "As Steven E. Jones observes, we imagine that our mobile devices connect us to each other, and to a certain version of the world, in a manner that's invisible and ethereal. But in fact, this illusion depends on a great multiplicity of 200-foot-tall structures that we see, or decline to see, wherever we go: cell towers. Briskly deconstructing these enablers of our digital lives as physical objects, and as quasi-magical connectors of the immaterial, Johnson reveals them as secret object-icons of our time. Once you've read this, you won't be able to stop seeing--and thinking about--the cell phone tower." -- Rob Walker, author of The Art of Noticing (2019)
Dewey Decimal
621.38456
Table Of Content
1. Cellspotting 2. Invisible waves 3. Camouflage 4. Ethereal connections 5. Design 6. Coverage 7. On Earth List of Figures Acknowledgments Notes Index
Synopsis
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Cropping up everywhere, whether steel latticework or tapered monopoles, encrusted with fiberglass antennas, cell towers raise up high into the air the communications equipment that channels our calls, texts, and downloads. For security reasons, their locations are never advertised. But it's our romantic notions of connectivity that hide them in plain sight. We want the network to be invisible, ethereal, and ubiquitous: the cell tower stands as a challenge to these desires. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic ., Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Cropping up everywhere, whether steel latticework or tapered monopoles, encrusted with fiberglass antennas, cell towers raise up high into the air the communications equipment that channels our calls, texts, and downloads. For security reasons, their locations are never advertised. But it's our romantic notions of connectivity that hide them in plain sight. We want the network to be invisible, ethereal, and ubiquitous. The cell tower stands as a challenge to these desires. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic ., Explores our collective desire for invisible, ethereal, and ubiquitous connectivity, however much steel, cement, and cable it takes to sustain that desire.
LC Classification Number
TK6565.R32J66 2020
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