ANT 547 - Resources - Fall 1997

Anthropology About the Future: A Chronology 1955-pres

(Significant events have surely escaped identification, and reader contributions are invited.)

1955Society for General Systems Research (Stanford, Center for Advanced Study)
Journal of Conflict Resolution (Stanford, Center for Advanced Study)
1956K. Boulding: The Image.
1961 Fred. L. Polak The Image of the Future:
Volume I Enlightening the Past, Orienting the Present, Forecasting the Future
Volume II Iconoclasm of The Images of the Future, Demolition of Culture
1962Marshall McLuhan: The Gutenberg Galaxy - the impact of phonetic writing, then print in transforming Western -> world culture(s), anticipates impacts of the Internet.
Rachel Carson The Silent Spring. Dawning of 'ecological awareness' and ecology mocvements.
1963Ferdinand Lundberg: The Coming World Transformation
sociologist - where Drucker and Toynbee believed you could predict the future... although individual and collective behavior are largely determined... took historical materialist stance with chapters on population, economics, government, education
CRIT: assumes uniform evolution through/for all historic stages
1963Wolfe, A. W. "The African Mineral Industries: Evolution of a Supranational Level of Integration" Social Problems Fall:153-164.
1964McLuhan. M.: "We are driving into the future looking into the rear view mirror." Understanding Media.
1966Frazer, J. T., Ed. The Voices of Time; international, interdisciplinary conferences on "time"; proceedings published 1972, 1975, 1978, 1979.
James A. Dator teaches first college-level futures course at Virginia Tech;
P. P. Griffith teaches first secondary level futures course at Melbourne FL High School.
1966-pres World Future Society founded, "The Futurist" and "Bulletin" begin publication
1966"Star Trek" premiers
1967Bertrand de Jouvenel The Art of Conjecture
Robert Junk and Johan Galtung Mankind 2000
1968-pres "Futures: the journal of forecasting and planning" begins publication, Butterworth, UK.
L. Stover and H. Harrison Eds. Apeman, Spaceman.
Twenty-six fact and fiction pieces, Foreward and Afterward. (If you own a copy, insure it.)
1969John McHale The Future of the Future
1970AAA Futuristics Sessions, 1970-74, M. Maruyama-A. Harkins co- chairs
22 April - first celebration of Earth Day, 8 years after Silent Spring; National Environmental Protection Act and Environmental Impact Assessment Act
1971First World General Assembly, World Future Society
1974 World Future Studies Federation Newsletter begins publication
Futurology Commission, IUAES organized at Chicago Congress
M. Leaf "Anthropology in the Year 2000"
Mason, Carol, M.H. Greenberg, P. Warrick, Eds. Anthropology Through Science Fiction. Pairs of stories addressing ten anthropological issues.
1975Maruyama, M. & A. Harkins, ed.s Cultures Beyond Earth. Intro by Alvin Toffler; afterword by Sol Tax. Eight pieces. (Review by Jerry Pournelle.)
"Speculative Anthropology Newsletter"
D'Andrade, R.G., E.A. Hammel, D.A. Adkins, and C.K. McDaniel, "Academic Opportunity in Anthropology, 1974-90" American Anthropologist 77:753-777.
1976R. B. Textor, "Future Horizons in Anthropology and Education: The View from 1976" Presidential address CAE in Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Vol VIII(1)31-5.
1976-82"ANTHRO-TECH: A Journal of Speculative Anthropology" begins publication, Darlene Thomas, Editor.
"Futurics" begins publication.
1976-pres"Future Survey" begins publication; the single most useful publication in the field, monthly eight-page review of futures literature from 1400 sources, apx. 60 abstracts in 4-5 topic areas per issue, w cross-referenced Annual.
1977Society for Speculative Anthropology Meeting CSU-LA
Edward Cornish The Study of The Future: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Understanding and Shaping Tomorrow's World. World Future Society
1978Maruyama, M. and A. Harkins, ed. s Cultures of the Future. Twenty-eight pieces. (Includes some classics.)
Conference on Extraterrestrial Anthropology, 15-16 April, CSU-LA.
1978-presCultural and Educational Futures Committee, CAE, AAA organized; annual paper sessions, business meeting
1979-82"Cultural and Educational Futures" begins publication as journal of CEF Committee, CAE, AAA; Marion Lundy Dobbert, Editor.
1979-presCultural Futures Research Committee/ Network, SfAA organized; annual paper sessions, business meeting
1979 P. Bohannan, "You Can't Do Nothing", AAA Presidential Address, American Anthropologist 82:508-524.
1980R. B. Textor, A Handbook on Ethnographic Futures Research. 3rd Edition.
1982-84"Cultural Futures Research" unites "AT" and "CEF" in official journal for all three anthro-futures committees; Reed Riner, Editor. Publication suspended after VIII(3)84, Spring issue.
1983E. T. Hall, The Dance of Life.
1983-presCONTACT Conferences
A national academic conference which brings together some of the nation's foremost scientists, science fiction writers and artists to exchange ideas, explore possibilities and stimulate new perspectives about humanity's future. CONTACT XV. 6-8 Mar, San Jose, CA
1985-pres"Futures Research Quarterly" replaces "WFS Bulletin"
1986CONTACT Bateson Project: "Designing a Human Habitat in Space" at SfAA
1987High Plains SfAA Annual Meeting: The Future
Riner, R. D. "Doing Futures Research - Anthropologically" Futures 19:311-328.
1989CONTACT Proceedings I-V published in 1st editions
Anthropological futures session: "Applications of Ethnographic Futures Research Methods" at 6th World General Assembly, World Future Society
AN Theme issue: The Future
1996Wendell Bell, The Foundations of Futures Studies, Vols I-II.

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