Anticipatory Anthropology and the Telemicroelectronic Revolution: A Preliminary Report From Silicon Valley

The proposal is made that an anticipatory dimension to anthropology should be developed for the purposes of increasing anthropology's capacity to: (1) explain sociocultural change, and (2) contribute to the making of effective proactive public policy. Anticipatory anthropology is needed particu...

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Published in:Anthropology & education quarterly 1985-04, Vol.16 (1), p.3-30
Main Author: Textor, Robert B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology/Anthropological
Applied anthropology
Computer software
Computer/Computers/ Computerization/ Computerized
Computers in education
Courseware
Cultural anthropology
Education/Educational/Educator/ Educators/ Educationally
Ethnography
Microcomputers
Personal computers
Political anthropology
Public policy
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Summary:The proposal is made that an anticipatory dimension to anthropology should be developed for the purposes of increasing anthropology's capacity to: (1) explain sociocultural change, and (2) contribute to the making of effective proactive public policy. Anticipatory anthropology is needed particularly for the study of rapid change processes, often technology-driven, such as the Telemicroelectronic Revolution. Steps in the ongoing development of anticipatory anthropology are illustrated by a quasi-ethnographic study of the introduction of microcomputers into schools near Silicon Valley, California.
ISSN:0161-7761
1548-1492
DOI:10.1525/aeq.1985.16.1.05x0848p