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Thematic Issue Series on
“International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Future”
This
fourth thematic issue, like the first three, has several objectives:
·
Extend
constructive dialog on the future to more peoples and cultures.
·
Provide
insights on the ways in which people will live and work.
·
Challenge
hidden culture-based assumptions, including values and everyday
lifestyles that people often take for granted (for example, the
alarm clock culture, or notions of prosperity or identity) and that
can impact the way that we live, work, and think. Futurists
will find this expanded perspective useful, as will other readers
who are interested in lifestyles that "might be" or
"can be."
·
Help
usher in the next frontier in interdisciplinary and liberal
education – specifically, cross-cultural learning among students
of diverse backgrounds – and serve as an educational resource that
can be leveraged in the classroom.
We
are particularly interested in articles that focus on lifestyle and
cultural values – that is, which ones are likely to survive in
2025 and which ones will become marginalized or extinct – and in
your nation's or culture's wisdom that can be helpful in meeting the
challenges of the future. Other theme-consistent articles are
also encouraged. Click
here for additional topic suggestions,
or peruse our first, second,
and third
cross-cultural issues.
Publication
is scheduled for September 2010. As for this issue, planned
distribution includes embassies, selected educational institutions,
international think tanks, and professional societies, various other
international, ethnic, and cultural organizations, and World Future
Society chapters.
For
further information, contact us at info@futuretakes.org.
If you plan to contribute an article, send it on or before July 31,
2010 to articles@futuretakes.org.
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