Contemporary Futures
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anthropology
anthropology of imagined futures
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cross-cultural analysis
Cultural Compression
Dan Fodio
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ecological anthropology
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forest
future studies
Gola Forest
identity construction
Inuit Action
jeremy
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Marabar Caves
Mende Villagers
NATO Base
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Parish Rituals
People's Reminiscence
People’s Reminiscence
Pilgrim Villages
rain
Reproductive Model
ritual practices
Saami Culture
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social
Social Anthropology
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415066631
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 26 Nov 1992
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In industrial societies imagining the future is a serious business; our assumptions about the future govern the present management of domestic, national and global resources, and are projected, some would say inflicted, on societies whose visions are different. Contemporary Futures focuses not so much on whether the future can be known, but on interpreting the way we and others picture it. The contributors, all social anthropologists, explore the effects that this picture has on the present, on group identity and belief in the self and its survival, on our relationships with other cultures, and on the future itself. They provide a cross-cultural perspective on a range of futures visualised at this time and discusses the implications of
