Transforming communication : technology, sustainability, and future generations / edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Susan Leggett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Inayatullah, Sohail, 1958-

Leggett, Susan.

Series:

Praeger studies on the 21st century 1070-1850

Praeger studies on the 21st century, 1070-1850

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Telecommunication--Social aspects.

Telecommunication.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

vi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Contents:

Introduction: Transforming Communication for Future Generations / Sohail Inayatullah 1

Part I Future Generations

1. Future Generation through Global Conversation

In Quest of Collective Well-being through Conversation in the Present Moment / Anthony Judge 13

2. Seizing the Moment for Future Generations / Richard Neville 24

3. Conversations with the Ghosts of the Future

Some Theoretical Problems and Practical Opportunities / Darren Schmidt 33

4. The Ethics of Future Generations / Jerome Binde 41

Part II Communication Futures

5. The Net and Our Social Futures / Tony Stevenson 49

6. From the Information Era to a Gaia of Civilisations / Sohail Inayatullah 60

7. The Telephone

Africa's Future in the Age of Technology / Levi Obijiofor 66

8. The Techno-brahmins and the Futures of Communication / Rakesh Kapoor 76

9. Magani Whirlpools: An Indigenous Metaphor and Process to Reconcile the Past for the Future / Paul Wildman, Bilyana Blomely 89

Part III Technology, Women and Power

10. Creating Communication Spaces for Not Yet So Virtual People / Ivana Milojevic 99

11. Rural Women's Futures and Cooperative Solutions / Vuokko Jarva 107

12. Voices from Elsewhere: Empowering Electronic Conversations Among Women / Margaret Grace, June Lennie 121

13. Landless Rural Women Creating Sustainable Futures / Frances Parker, Rahmi Sofiarini 134

Part IV Sustainability and Future Generations

14. The Legacy of Technology / Alan Fricker 151

15. Global Food Policy: Like Winning a Game of Poker on the Titanic? / Mary Mahoney 160

16. Permaculture: Hope and Empowerment for a Sustainable Future / Caroline Smith 170

17. Why Consider Future Generations?

And How to Consider Them More Fully / Geoff Holland 180.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0275969444

0275975401

OCLC:

47521287