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'''Matthew Battles''' (born 1968) is a writer, artist, and associate director of metaLAB at [[Harvard University]].<ref name="BK">{{cite web |title=Matthew Battles |url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/mbattles |website=Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society |publisher=Harvard University |accessdate=2 January 2020}}</ref> He has written for [[The Atlantic]], [[NeimanLab]], [[Harper's Magazine]] and the [[New York Times]].<ref name="Battles">{{cite web | last=Battles | first=Matthew | title=Matthew Battles | website=The Atlantic | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/matthew-battles/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref><ref name="Battles00">{{cite web | last=Battles | first=Matthew | title=Lost in the stacks | website=Harper's magazine | date=2000-01-01 | url=https://harpers.org/archive/2000/01/lost-in-the-stacks/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref><ref name="Battles10">{{cite web | last=Battles | first=Matthew | title=Reading isn’t just a monkish pursuit: Matthew Battles on "The Shallows" | website=Nieman Lab | date=2010-06-29 | url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/reading-isnt-just-a-monkish-pursuit-matthew-battles-on-the-shallows/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref><ref name="Battles 2013">{{cite web | last=Battles | first=Matthew | title=How Writers Interact With the World | website=Opinionator | date=2013-07-01 | url=//opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/how-writers-interact-with-the-world/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> Battles is the author or co-author of six books, most of which are on the topics of writing or libraries.<ref name="BostonGlobe.com 2018">{{cite web | last=Washburn|first=Michael|title="Palimpsest" by Matthew Battles | website=BostonGlobe.com | date=2018-08-01 | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/07/23/review-palimpsest-matthew-battles/pBMjUaLQTWkKirr9nUA0BP/story.html | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> He was named a ''Library Journal'' Mover and Shaker in 2004.<ref name="Journal 2010">{{cite web | last=Journal | first=Library | title=Matthew Battles - Movers & Shakers 2004 | website=Library Journal | date=2010-05-21 | url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=matthew-battles-movers-shakers-2004 | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> He has been called "a gifted stylist" by the Christian Science Monitor which commended his "beautiful writing about writing."<ref name="The Christian Science Monitor 2015">{{cite web | author=The Christian Science Monitor | title='Palimpsest' beautifully charts the history of writing | website=The Christian Science Monitor | date=2015-07-29 | url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2015/0729/Palimpsest-beautifully-charts-the-history-of-writing | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>
'''Matthew Battles''' (born 1968) is a writer, artist, and since 2022 the editor of [[Arnold Arboretum|Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum]] magazine, ''[[Arnoldia (journal)|Arnoldia]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=MATTHEW BATTLES |url=https://www.matthewbattles.org/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=MATTHEW BATTLES |language=en-US}}</ref> Until 2022 he was the associate director of metaLAB at [[Harvard University]].<ref name="BK">{{cite web |title=Matthew Battles |url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/mbattles |website=Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society |publisher=Harvard University |accessdate=2 January 2020}}</ref> He has written for [[The Atlantic]], [[NeimanLab]], [[Harper's Magazine]] and the [[New York Times]].<ref name="Battles">{{cite web | last=Battles | first=Matthew | title=Matthew Battles | website=The Atlantic | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/matthew-battles/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref><ref name="Battles00">{{cite web | last=Battles | first=Matthew | title=Lost in the stacks | website=Harper's magazine | date=2000-01-01 | url=https://harpers.org/archive/2000/01/lost-in-the-stacks/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref><ref name="Battles10">{{cite web | last=Battles | first=Matthew | title=Reading isn’t just a monkish pursuit: Matthew Battles on "The Shallows" | website=Nieman Lab | date=2010-06-29 | url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/reading-isnt-just-a-monkish-pursuit-matthew-battles-on-the-shallows/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref><ref name="Battles 2013">{{cite web | last=Battles | first=Matthew | title=How Writers Interact With the World | website=Opinionator | date=2013-07-01 | url=//opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/how-writers-interact-with-the-world/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> Battles is the author or co-author of six books, most of which are on the topics of writing or libraries.<ref name="BostonGlobe.com 2018">{{cite web | last=Washburn|first=Michael|title="Palimpsest" by Matthew Battles | website=BostonGlobe.com | date=2018-08-01 | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/07/23/review-palimpsest-matthew-battles/pBMjUaLQTWkKirr9nUA0BP/story.html | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> He was named a ''Library Journal'' Mover and Shaker in 2004.<ref name="Journal 2010">{{cite web | last=Journal | first=Library | title=Matthew Battles - Movers & Shakers 2004 | website=Library Journal | date=2010-05-21 | url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=matthew-battles-movers-shakers-2004 | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> He has been called "a gifted stylist" by the Christian Science Monitor which commended his "beautiful writing about writing."<ref name="The Christian Science Monitor 2015">{{cite web | author=The Christian Science Monitor | title='Palimpsest' beautifully charts the history of writing | website=The Christian Science Monitor | date=2015-07-29 | url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2015/0729/Palimpsest-beautifully-charts-the-history-of-writing | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>


Battles also sees the institution of the library as more than just the building's contents. He headed a team which created a data visualization of the printing locations of books published in early-modern Europe, shown over time.<ref name="Baldegg 2012">{{cite web | last=Baldegg | first=Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von | title=The Explosion of 15th Century Printing: A Data Visualization | website=The Atlantic | date=2012-12-05 | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/265902/the-explosion-of-15th-century-printing-a-data-visualization/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> He also worked with artist Sarah Newman on the video installation ''Your Story Has Touched My Heart'' which drew heavily on Harvard's photo archives.<ref name="HG16">{{cite web | title=At metaLAB, curiosity meets whimsy | website=Harvard Gazette | date=2016-06-03 | url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/06/at-metalab-curiosity-meets-whimsy/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref><ref name="Harvard Art Museums 2016">{{cite web | title=Your Story Has Touched My Heart | website=Harvard Art Museums | date=2016-05-25 | url=https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/your-story-has-touched-my-heart | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> His "feral copyright project" at metaLAB looked into how copyright is lived and understood by regular people.<ref name="Harvard Gazette">{{cite web | last=Ireland|first=Corydon |title=Wedding digital with traditional – Harvard Gazette | website=Harvard Gazette| date=2012-08-15 | url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/08/wedding-digital-with-traditional/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> In 2020 metaLAB (at) Harvard colleague [[Kim Albrecht]] published with Battles ''[https://theirnames.org/ Their Names]'' a visualization on fatal police encounters.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Albrecht, Battles|first=|date=2019|title=Their Names|url=https://theirnames.org/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-08|website=}}</ref>
Battles also sees the institution of the library as more than just the building's contents. He headed a team which created a data visualization of the printing locations of books published in early-modern Europe, shown over time.<ref name="Baldegg 2012">{{cite web | last=Baldegg | first=Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von | title=The Explosion of 15th Century Printing: A Data Visualization | website=The Atlantic | date=2012-12-05 | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/265902/the-explosion-of-15th-century-printing-a-data-visualization/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> He also worked with artist Sarah Newman on the video installation ''Your Story Has Touched My Heart'' which drew heavily on Harvard's photo archives.<ref name="HG16">{{cite web | title=At metaLAB, curiosity meets whimsy | website=Harvard Gazette | date=2016-06-03 | url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/06/at-metalab-curiosity-meets-whimsy/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref><ref name="Harvard Art Museums 2016">{{cite web | title=Your Story Has Touched My Heart | website=Harvard Art Museums | date=2016-05-25 | url=https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/your-story-has-touched-my-heart | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> His "feral copyright project" at metaLAB looked into how copyright is lived and understood by regular people.<ref name="Harvard Gazette">{{cite web | last=Ireland|first=Corydon |title=Wedding digital with traditional – Harvard Gazette | website=Harvard Gazette| date=2012-08-15 | url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/08/wedding-digital-with-traditional/ | access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> In 2020 metaLAB (at) Harvard colleague [[Kim Albrecht]] published with Battles ''[https://theirnames.org/ Their Names]'' a visualization on fatal police encounters.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Albrecht, Battles|first=|date=2019|title=Their Names|url=https://theirnames.org/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-08|website=}}</ref>

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Matthew Battles

Matthew Battles (born 1968) is a writer, artist, and since 2022 the editor of Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum magazine, Arnoldia.[1] Until 2022 he was the associate director of metaLAB at Harvard University.[2] He has written for The Atlantic, NeimanLab, Harper's Magazine and the New York Times.[3][4][5][6] Battles is the author or co-author of six books, most of which are on the topics of writing or libraries.[7] He was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker in 2004.[8] He has been called "a gifted stylist" by the Christian Science Monitor which commended his "beautiful writing about writing."[9]

Battles also sees the institution of the library as more than just the building's contents. He headed a team which created a data visualization of the printing locations of books published in early-modern Europe, shown over time.[10] He also worked with artist Sarah Newman on the video installation Your Story Has Touched My Heart which drew heavily on Harvard's photo archives.[11][12] His "feral copyright project" at metaLAB looked into how copyright is lived and understood by regular people.[13] In 2020 metaLAB (at) Harvard colleague Kim Albrecht published with Battles Their Names a visualization on fatal police encounters.[14]

Personal life

Battles was raised in raised in Petersburg, Illinois. He received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1992, and an M.A. in creative writing from Boston University in 1996.[8] He is married and has one son and one daughter.

Bibliography

  • Library: an Unquiet History (Norton, 2003)
  • Widener: Biography of a Library (Widener Library, 2004)
  • The Sovereignties of Invention (Red Lemonade, 2012)
  • The Library Beyond the Book (with Jeffrey Schnapp, 2014)
  • Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word (Norton, 2015)
  • TREE (Bloomsbury, 2017)

References

  1. ^ "MATTHEW BATTLES". MATTHEW BATTLES. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  2. ^ "Matthew Battles". Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Harvard University. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ Battles, Matthew. "Matthew Battles". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  4. ^ Battles, Matthew (2000-01-01). "Lost in the stacks". Harper's magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  5. ^ Battles, Matthew (2010-06-29). "Reading isn't just a monkish pursuit: Matthew Battles on "The Shallows"". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  6. ^ Battles, Matthew (2013-07-01). "How Writers Interact With the World". Opinionator. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  7. ^ Washburn, Michael (2018-08-01). ""Palimpsest" by Matthew Battles". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  8. ^ a b Journal, Library (2010-05-21). "Matthew Battles - Movers & Shakers 2004". Library Journal. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  9. ^ The Christian Science Monitor (2015-07-29). "'Palimpsest' beautifully charts the history of writing". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  10. ^ Baldegg, Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von (2012-12-05). "The Explosion of 15th Century Printing: A Data Visualization". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  11. ^ "At metaLAB, curiosity meets whimsy". Harvard Gazette. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  12. ^ "Your Story Has Touched My Heart". Harvard Art Museums. 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  13. ^ Ireland, Corydon (2012-08-15). "Wedding digital with traditional – Harvard Gazette". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  14. ^ Albrecht, Battles (2019). "Their Names". Retrieved 2021-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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