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The Hidden Lives of Ordinary Things: Object Lessons

Object Lessons; an essay and book series about the hidden lives of ordinary things, from sardines to silence, juniper berries to jumper cables, driveways to footprints, founders to partnerships. Series Editors: Ian Bogost and Christopher Schaberg Published by The Atlantic and Bloomsbury. Each Object Lessons project will start from a specific inspiration: an anthropological query, ecological matter, archeological discovery, historical event, literary passage, personal narrative, philosophical speculation, technological innovation—and from there develop original insights around and novel lessons about the object in question. Object Lessons invites contributions from scholars, writers, scientists, artists, journalists, and others. Potential topics include: rubber band, plastic bag, tornado, turpentine, wind, wall, Glock, drone, Lamborghini, flak jacket, steamboat, shoehorn, laughter, hatred, air, Google Glass, catnip, platinum, money, rebar, polyester, microchip, marriage, time ...

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The practice had evolved from commonplace books, a Renaissance tradition of compiling important and memorable information into bound sheets of paper. Students were encouraged to keep the books during class, and eventually they became a place to store anything and everything their owners found interesting-including the signatures of other classmates.