<nettime-ann> The New American Dictionary - book announcement

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Book Launch Party!

THE NEW AMERICAN DICTIONARY (Interactive Fear/Security Edition)

compiled by the Institute for Infinitely Small Things

with definitions sold on eBay to contributors from around the world

presented in conjunction with
the Boston Cyberarts Festival, 2007

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BOOK LAUNCH EVENT

Thursday, April 26th, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge, MA
Food, drinks and booksigning with the Institute for Infinitely Small  
Things.
Books on sale for 25% off retail price.

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AVAILABLE AT

Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/3b8cvb

Lulu.com: http://www.lulu.com/content/618336

Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Are we more ready? Or are we just more scared?

Have you noticed how new words have entered American English since  
September 11th? The USA now has a new vocabulary that includes:

Islamofascist
Freedom Fries
Friendly Fire
Preparedness
Regime Change
Smart Bomb
Surge
Waterboarding
And 60 more…

The New American Dictionary: Interactive Security/Fear Edition is a  
new book by the Boston performance group, the Institute for  
Infinitely Small Things. The dictionary, a paperback which retails  
for $19.95 on Amazon.com and at the Harvard Book Store, catalogs 68  
fear and security terms that are either new – i.e. preparedness - or  
recently redefined – i.e. torture.

The New American Dictionary is a humorous, provocative book that  
calls for readers to pay attention to the ways in which terminology  
of fear, security and war have permeated American English post-9/11.  
Emphasizing the open, slippery way that these words enter our  
language, the New American Dictionary is an “interactive” workbook --  
there are 58 terms that are left undefined for the reader to pencil  
in their own definition. Readers can submit their new definitions to  
the Institute for inclusion in the second edition (slated for 2009).

The other 10 definitions were sold on Ebay and defined by  
contributors from around the globe, including Owen Smith, Shannon  
Coyle, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Robert Ek, Robert Arnold, John Krygier,  
Phil Taylor, and Savic Rasovic.

It may be humorous, but it is also serious business. The New American  
Dictionary makes a great gift for anyone who is concerned about war,  
the state of American politics, or even for those who are just asking  
simple questions like: Are we more READY? Or are we just more SCARED?

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