The Future as a Sociocultural Problem

A Personal Ethnohistory

Bibliographic Data

ID3757729
AuthorsReed D Riner (Northern Arizona University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume42
Issue3
Pages347-364
Publication date1998-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764298042003006
OpenAlexW2018409446
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited23

A review of personal experiences in futures research and education projects provides grounded answers to questions about the theory, method, content, and application of futures in academic and practitioner realms. Case studies including the journal Cultural Futures Research, the annual CONTACT conferences, the Flagstaff Tomorrow research project, the Northern Arizona University (NAU) Solar System Simulation, and the representational device of time lines illustrate the emergence and development of a self-correcting, systematic, and replicable body of knowledge and practice in the study of the future

Business · Engineering ethics · Futures contract · Futures studies · Grounded theory · Pedagogy · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Engineering · Psychology · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance