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Portrack seminar, June 1994
-CJA-PTK-15 · File · 1994-1995
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a folder labelled 'Portrack Seminar: June 1994'. Includes:
-copy typescript article titled 'A Mimetic Reading of Rousseau’s Doctrine of the General Will' by Robert Hammerton-Kelly, 1994
-copy typescript article titled 'A Just and Sustainable Economic Order' by John B. Cobb, Jr
-photocopy published book chapter titled 'Evolution, sustainability, and industrial metabolism' by Peter M. Allen, annotated
-typescript titled 'Programme for a Sustainable Economy by Paul Elkins, to be presented at Portrack Conference June 26-29 1994', annotated
-typescript titled 'An Inquiry in the Political Economy of World Order, Richard Falk, Portrack Seminar, June 26-30 1994', annotated
-typescript fax biography of Brian Swimme, sent from the ICA, 1993
-typescript letter from David [Ray Griffin] on Center for Process Studies headed paper, thanking Charles for the article by Havel, discussing thinkers in the Czech Republic, 1994
-typescript titled 'Economic and Political Foundations of World Order, June 26-29 1994, Participants' with contact details, annotated
-typescript fax sent from School of Theology titled 'Tentative Schedule: Economic and Political Foundations of World Order, Portrack Seminar June 26-29', annotated
-typescript titled 'Economic and Political Foundations of World Order, June 26-29 1994, Participants' with contact details
-typescript letter from David Griffin on Center for Process Studies headed paper addressed to 'Dear Colleague' with details and arrangements for the forthcoming Portrack Seminar, 1994
-typescript fax (faded) from Peter Allen to Charles, with practical arrangements for the seminar, 1994
-typescript letter from David [Ray Griffin] on Center for Process Studies headed paper, regarding Charles' treatments and how to communicate their meaning of 'postmodern' to newcomers at the seminar, 1994
-typescript letter from Charles addressed to 'Dear Colleague' on University of California Los Angeles headed paper, sending readings ahead of the seminar instead of Brian Arthur attending, 1994
-typescript fax from David [Ray Griffin] on Center for Process Studies headed paper with scheduling arrangements for the Portrack Seminar, 1994
-typescript letter from Charlene Spretnak on personal headed paper with suggestions for the schedule for the Seminar, 1994
-manuscript letter from Charlene Spretnak on personal headed paper, detaling travel plans for the Portrack conference, 1994
-typescript letter from David Griffin on Center for Process Studies headed paper to all participants of the forthcoming Portrack Seminar, with manuscript post-script to Charles, 1994
-manuscript notes with headings including: Portrack 1995, Economism, Robert Hamerston Kelly [possibly notes from discussions at the seminar]
-typescript letter from Richard Falk, on Princeton University headed paper, sending 'An Inquiry into the Political Economy of World Order'
-photocopy published book chapter titled 'Evolution, sustainability, and industrial metabolism' by Peter M. Allen, annotated
-manuscript letter from Charlene Spretnak reporting on a visit to the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks and her proposals for Charles' "monster book" and the chapter he's thinking of adding to his "short" book, 1994
-poster for the Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science, 1994-1995, folded.
Portrack Conferences
-CJA-PTK-22 · File · 1997-1999
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a folder labelled 'Portrack Conferences'. Includes:
-typescript titled 'Portrack EP draft 9/1/98' and annotated 'Being + Becoming' and 'St. Rose' - file title indicated on print-out 'Steven ep draft', annotated
-typescript titled 'Evolutionary Psychology, Social Darwinism and the SSSM; Hilary Rose - Portrack draft (feedback from Pat Bateson not yet incorporated'
-printed out email from Tom Shakespeare to Charles sending his paper for Portrack and detailing travel arrangements, alongside a typescript titled 'Crippled by biology or disabled by society? Darwinism, ultra-Darwinism, and the issue of impairment', 1998
-typescript letter from Gabby Dover on University of Leicester headed paper sending papers relating to his talk 'Anti-Dawkins, alongside a typescript titled 'Human Evolution: Our Turbulent genes and Why We Are Not Chimps'; and photocopies from the Encyclopedia of Ecology & Environmental Management titled 'Molecular drive theory of evolution', from Trends in Ecology & Evolution titled 'Evolving the Improbable', and a review of Stuart A Kauffman's :the Origins of Order' from Nature titled 'On The Edge', 1998
-printed out email from Steven Rose to Charles, sending the text of a review of Steven Pinker's 'How The Mind Works', annotated,1998
-fax [faded] list of addresses, annotated
-business card for the General Manager, Byzantium, Bristol
-printed out email from Charles to Brian [Goodwin] explaining delays for arrangements with the Portrack conference including the death of Lady Keswick, and another conference he is arranging with Steven and Hilary Rose, 1998
-typescript letter on Open University headed paper from Steven Rose to Brian Godwin, commenting on his proposal for the conference, 1998
-manuscript fax [faded[ from Brian [Goodwin] to Charles enclosing his proposal, typescript titled 'Will participatory science relace [replace] Manioulative Science?'.
-printed-out email from Brian Goodwin to Charles detailing his proposals for a Portrack conference, annotated, 1998
-manuscript lists of potential participants
-manuscript letter on University of Cambridge headed paper from Nancy J Lane thanking Charles for the evening and giving personal news, 1997
-printed-out email from Nancy J Lane to Steven Rose proposing themes and dates for the conference, with manuscript covering note to Charles explaining some of the abbreviations
-photocopy from Biology and Philosophy 13, 'The Tragedy of a priori Selectionism: Dennett and Gould on Adaptationism' by Jeremy C. Ahouse, 1998
-typescript titled 'Lending a sympathetic ear to adaptationism of the road to Hell is paved with good intentions' by Jeremy C. Ahouse, annotated
-typescript titled 'Why Memes?' [by Mary Midgley], annotated
-photocopy typescript letter on University of Leicester headed paper from Gabriel Dover to Steven Rose, sending the title and abstract for his talk, and a short autobiography, 1998
-typescript fax on University of Leicester headed paper from Gaby Dover confirming travel arrangements, 1998
-photocopy of 'Development itself is the key to understanding developmental disorders' by Arnette Karmiloff-Smith with a covering note to all Portrack participants, 1998
-manuscript letter from Hilary Rose on personal headed paper, discussing the democratisation of science, 1998
-typescript titled 'Risk, Trust and Scepticism in the Age of New genetics' by Hilary Rose
-typescript titled 'Science as a Culture of No Culture' by Hilary Rose, presented at the Science and Technology Awareness in Europe: New Insights conference 1997
-cutting titled 'Why kindness is all part of being selfish', 1998
-[typescript [letter] from [Ted Benton] to Hilary and Steven [Rose] proposing his contribution to the conference and photocopy 'Biology and Social Science: why the return of the repressed should be given a (cautious) welcome'.
-printed-out email from Tim Ingold to Hilary and Steven Rose sending his mini-autobiography, 1998
-manuscript notes headed 'Pat Bateson'
-typescript titled 'Eugenics, Scientific Humanism and Social Medcicine in Britain in the Interwar and Early War Years' by Dorothy Porter
-photocopy manuscript letter on The University of Manchester headed paper from Tim Ingold sending a review and unpublished papers for other Portrack participants, alongside a photocopy of Tim Ingold's review of Barkow, Cosmides and Tooby eds 'The Adapted Mind'; typescript titled 'From the transmission of representations to the education of attention' and 'From complementarity to obviation: on dissolving the boundaries between social and biological anthropology, archeology and psychology', both by Tim Ingold, 1997
-typescript titled 'Text of a review that appears, with a few very minor changes, in the February 20 1998 issue of the Times Literary Supplement under the titled 'Is it really a computer?'' by Barbara Herrnstein Smith, reviewing Pinker's 'How the Mind works'.
-typescript titled 'Abstract: Inappropriate and appropriate uses of evolutionary theory in understanding human psychology' by Patrick Bateson
-typescript titled 'Abstract: People with impairment: crippled by biology or disabled by society?' by Tom Shakespeare
-fax announcing the Drawin seminars at the LSE, 1998
-printed-out email from Hilary Rose and Steven Rose to multiple recipients, inviting them to take part in a seminar titled 'Beyond Fundamentalist Darwinism' at Portrack, with the business card from Robert C. Berwick attached.
-interview with Peter Singer titled 'Views for the left' from the Independent on Sunday, 24 May 1998
-leaflet for Schumacher College course programme, June 1998-March 1999
-typescript titled 'Hilary Rose and Steven Rose *working title only'
-typescript fax [faded] from Arnette Karmiloff-Smith detailing travel arrangements
-typescript letter from Charles to seminar participants detailing nearby attractions and an outline of the programme,1998
-printed-out email from Steven Rose to Charles, suggesting a running order, 1998
-typescript titled 'Portrack workshop: Titles of contributions received so far', annotated
-handwritten postcard from Annabel at Weidenfeld & Nicholson giving contact details for Joel Peck
-typescript fax [faded] from Evelyn Fox Keller withdrawing from the conference due to visa issues, 1998
-manuscript notes headed 'Peter Singer: How Evol helps us to understand ethics'
-manuscript notes headed 'Steven Rose: Neurogenetic Determinism'
-cutting: review of Steven Pinker's 'How The Mind Works' from The Times 15 Jan [1998]
-cutting: 'Very grey matter' by Bryan Appleyard, The Suday Times 18 Jan 1998
-manuscript notes headed 'Lee Silver' on the back of a letter inviting Charles to a dinner after the Darwin Seminar double bill featuring Lee Silver, Mark Ridley and Steven Pinker on 22 Jan 1998
-manuscript notes headed 'Steven Pinker' on the back of a typescript titled Kurokawa's double vision: from metabolism to fractals' by Charles
-A4 flyer and programmes for 'Evolution Revolution' at the ICA Cinema, annotated on reverse, 1998
-typescript titled 'Crippled by biology or disabled by society? Darwinism, ultra-Darwinism, and the issue of impairment' by Tom Shakespeare
-typescript titled 'This review will appear in a few weeks in the Los Angeles Times, working titles 'L'homme Machine', annotated 'Bob Berwick
-cutting: review of Steven Pinker's 'How The Mind Works' from Time, 20 Oct 1997
Order & Disorder: S. Monica Conf Portrack Conference Feb 25-7, 94
-CJA-PTK-26 · File · 1991-1994
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a folder labelled 'Order & Disorder: Portrack Conference' in black pen and ' S. Monica Conf Feb 25-7, 94' in red pen. Includes:
-photocopy published article 'Politically engaged spirituality in an emerging global civil society' by Richard Falk, Revision Vol 15 no 3, Winter 1993
-typescript 'The need for (democratic) global government' by David Ray Griffin, annotated
-cutting 'The price of appeasement is still too high' by Anthony Lewis, International Herald Tribune 11-12 Jun 1994
-cutting 'Prophet of a fatal drift' by Peter Lennon, Guardian 31 Jan 1994
-plastic wallet containing annotated cuttings on politics 1993-1994
-cutting 'A Bleak Vision, annotated, 7 Mar 1994
-cutting 'Head of CIA calls gangsters a major global problem, International Herald Tribune, annotated, 21 Apr 1994
-photocopy published article 'The Coming Anarchy' by Robert D. Kaplan, The Atlantic Monthly, annotated, Feb 1994
-published article 'The emerging shape of environmental conflict in the 1990s' by Robin Grove-White, RSA Journal Jun 1991
-cutting 'A riskier East Asia for local of a new security order' by Gerald Segal, International Herald Tribune 8 Jul 1994
-cutting 'Greenpeace has more clout than Austria' by Hamish McRae, The Independent, annotated
-pages from The Tablet, annotated, 17 Dec 1994
-cutting 'Being multilateral means not being so unilateral' by Jim Hoagland, 13 Jun 1994
-cutting 'A Global Criminal Court', 22 Nov 1994
-cutting 'The WEU is still in limbo' May 1994
-cutting 'On the way toward a workable international system' by Butros Butros Ghali, 2 Nov 1994
-cutting 'Welcome to an exemplary pact on uses of the sea' by Alan Berlin, 17 Nov 1994
-cutting 'End U.N. Dipbaloney' by Leslie H Gelb, 1992
-cutting 'Global alliances shifting from political to economic', by Robin Wright, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar 1992
-cutting 'Memorandum to Woodrow Wilson' by Henry Grunwald, Time 14 Nov 1994
-cutting 'Leave Rwanda Alone' by Simon Jenkins, The Times, 20 Jul 1994
-cutting 'Bad precedents make for weak American thinking about war' by Jim Hoagland, International Herald Tribune, annotated, 7 Jul 1994
-cutting 'There is no world community' by William Pfaff, International herald Tribune 22 Apr 1994
-cutting 'U.N. authorizes invasion of Haiti to be led by U.S.'
-cutting 'Monroe's Doctrine takes another knock' by Eliane Sciolino
-cutting 'Iron fists: how the west was one' by Robert Fisk, The Independent, 29 Oct 1994
-cutting 'Overstretched UN to hold summit on peacekeeping', The Times, 8 Aug 1994
-published artcile 'A United Nations for the 21st century' by Nicholas Hinton, RSA Journal, May 1994
-cutting 'The U.N. obsession' by Charles Krauthammer, Time, annotated, 9 May 1994
-cutting 'In a world of bitter limitations' by Peter Pringle, 1 Jun 1994
-published article 'New world order or new world enemies?' by Michael S. Northcott, annotated
-cutting 'U.N. searches for a brave new world' by Peter Pringle, The Independent, annotated, 21 Sep 1993
-cutting 'Trouble spots within the UN' The Independent
-cutting, letters page, Time , annotated,19 Jul 1993
-cutting 'Making the world safe for crime', The New York Times Book Review, 26 Jun 1994
-cutting 'How Eastern Europe lost its illusions' by Jonathon Luxmoore, The Tablet, annotated, 19 Feb 1994
-cutting 'In the zone of peace' by Francis Fukuyama, TLS, annotated 26 Nov 1993
-cutting 'Coming in from the cold', The Sunday Times, annotated, 12 Sep 1993
-cutting 'Now that great powers are gone' by Edward N. Luttwak, annotated, 6 Jul 1994
-cutting 'Beyond the border lines' by Gerald Kaufman, The Sunday Times, 10 Jul 1994
-bundle of cuttings relating to USA, 1994
-photocopy published article 'Fighting the Hydra: mininukes in the New World Order' by G. Simon Harak, Cross Currents Spring 1994, with bundle of cuttings annotated 'nuclear war'.
-cutting 'A day of pragmatic diplomacy' by Abba Eban, International Herald 12 Sep 1994
-typescript titled 'Portrack Seminars' with list of participants
-copy handwritten fax on UCLA headed paper from Charles to attendees of the seminar, 18 Feb 1994, with bundle of photocopy cuttings
-fax from Richard Falk to Santa Monica conference participants, sending materials, with typescript for: 'A new world order that serves the human interest: a chance for success'; Introduction and first chapter of 'On Human Hovernance: A New Politics'.
-typescript fax from Charlene Spretnak to Maggie and Charles, suggesting a timetable for the forthcoming conference, 9 Mar 1994
-typescript letter from Bob Hamerton-Kelly on Stanford University headed paper (Center for International Security and Arms Control), thanking them for the weekend and giving a detailed response to religious questions.
-typescript contact details for participants in Santa Monica conference
-manuscript letter on Loyola Law School headed paper from Bob [Robert Benson] thanking them for the Portrack Seminar, 1994
-photocopy published article relating to the Benson House, California
-typescript 'Free Trade as an extremist ideology: the case of NAFTA' by Robert W. Benson, annotated, 1993
-manuscript letter from [illegible] sending contact details for Mary Kalder, 1994
-yellow lined notepad labelled 'Jencks World Government Sat Conference, Feb 25, 26, 27' [contained Charles' manuscript notes for the Santa Monica Portrack seminar
-typescript copy fax from Charlene Spretnak to Dr Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, India, inviting her to a forthcoming Portrack Seminar, Mar 1994
-typescript letter from Charlene to Maggie and Charles reflecting on the conference and making proposals for the next one, annotated, 2 Mar 1994
-Center Focus newsletter Issue 119, Jan 1994
-typescript headed 'Spretnak / 2-3' [possibly incomplete] listing political and artistic movements
-typescript letter on Center for Process Studies headed paper from David Griffin to Professor Anthony Giddens, inviting him to a Portrack conference 10 Dec 1993; attached manuscript notes listing possible invitees
-photocopy published chapter 'Megatechnology, Trade and the New World Order' by Jerry Mander from 'The Case Against Free Trade', 1993
-photocopy published article titled 'Stone, Paper, Scissors' by Charles from Marxism Today Feb 1991 [2 copies]
-photocopy cuttings annotated 'Realpolitik of spheres of power'
-handwritten [fax] on UCLA headed paper from Charles to attendees of the Santa Monica Portrack conference, 18 Feb 1994
-cutting 'Zones of peace, zones of turmoil: a new order of hope' by Max Singer, International hearld Tribune, annotated, 2 Sep 1993
-cutting 'A living things is born' by Arthur Schlesinger Jr, TLS, annotated, 21 May 1993
-cutting 'Knocking on the Clubhouse door' New York Times 10 Jan 1993
-cutting 'States of Mind' by Margot Hornblower, Time 1 Feb 1993
-cutting 'Update the united nations for a newfangled world' by Flora Lewis, International herald Tribune, annotated, 11 Jun 1995
-typescript fax from David Griffin to participants of the Santa Monica conference sending his paper, changes to scheduling due to the earthquake, and enclosing a map; enclosed pencil hand-drawn map and faxed copy
-typescript 'Project Proposal: towards the new world dis-order: post-soviet contribution to a new version of The Brave New World' by George Khutsishvili, with attached business card
-bundle of cuttings annotated 'Realpolitik of spheres of power'
-photocopy published chapter 'Megatechnology, Trade and the New World Order' by Jerry Mander from 'The Case Against Free Trade', 1993
-cutting 'Shape of a new world disorder'
[To Charlie love Jill]
-CJA-PTK-27 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of an unlabelled folder with a post-it note attached with the message 'To Charlie love Jill'.
Includes:
-typescript titled 'The Universe Story as told by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry', annotated
-cutting 'The creative universe' by Judith Rice, with xerox copy
-typescript titled 'Meaning in the cosmos' with draft outline for an event at the ICA, 5 Jul 1993, including speakers and cv of Charles, multiple copies, one heavily annotated, and faxes and a letter from Charlene Spretnak about the event
-proof of page 'Chapter six: Science and religion' with transparency image
-typescript titled 'The New Genesis' by Charles, beginning 'welcome to the 4th Portrack seminar, 'Meaning in the Cosmos'; extensive manuscript notes on reverse, potentially from the event
-fax headed 'Center for the Story of the Universe: Research Seminar and Colloquium Participants' sent from Briane Swimme to the ICA, 1993
-fax. headed 'On Emergence and Meaning in Biology' sent from Briane Swimme to the ICA, 1993
-cutting, reviews of 'Beyond Optimism - a Buddhist political ecology' and 'At the Start...Genesis made new' from The Tablet 5 Mar 1994, annotated
-cutting from The Tablet 4 April 1992
-cutting 'Comment' column from New Blackfriars vol 74 no 865 Oct 1993, annotated
-typescript titled 'The Seven Day Universe....Outline: A Metaphysical Romance' with a covering sheet and attached post-it annotated 'read when a) you have 2 1/2 hours free b) no interruptions'. Includes a list of character and a scene-by-scene overview with a small amount of dialogue included. 30 pages total. Manuscript pencil notes annotated on the reverse of the final page, probably by Maggie, responding to the typescript.
-manuscript notes headed 'Seti programme 1992/4
-cuttings from The Tablet November 1993-January 1994
-cutting 'Hounded by the Past' Independent on Sunday 7 Nov 1993, annotated
The Tablet 9 Oct 1993
-cutting 'God's cement for marriages is sex' 4 Sep 1993, publication unknown
-cuttings, letters page from an unidentified publication [probably The Tablet], 1993
-cutting 'The deterrent stops here' by Brian Wicker, The Tablet 5 Feb 1994
-cutting 'The ascent of love' by Donald Nicholl, The Tablet 3 Jul 1993
-typescript titled 'The Seven Day Universe....Outline: A Metaphysical Romance' with a covering sheet of manuscript notes in pencil headed 'The Receiver Project'
-cutting, review of 'A History of God' by Karen Armstrong, Time 11 Oct 1993
-cutting 'Keeper of the Straight and Narrow' by Richard N. Ostling, Time 6 Dec 199
[Unlabelled folder]
-CJA-PTK-29 · File · 1993
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of an unlabelled green card and plastic folder [folder removed for conservation reasons]. Includes:
-manuscript notes headed 'Bernard Carr, Minds and Other Worlds'
-fax on University of Adelaide headed paper from Paul Davies to Charles, saying that he is unable to attend the conference and suggesting alternative names, 1993
-manuscript equations on plain white and green paper
-manuscript draft fax to Stuart Silverstone from Charles, discussing the hierarchical structure and levels but insisting that the vary each part of the 'story' of evolution; use of blobs as well as square for each 'family' or 'age'
-typescript fax [faded] from Stuart Silverstone to Charles discussing the design process for 'the timeline' of 'the evolution of evolution', 1993
-manuscript letter from Charles to Stuart Silverstone on headed paper sending the write-up of the conference, 1993
-typescript faxes from Stuart Silverstone to Charles discussing the visualisation and levels of hierarchy, 1993
-manuscript draft fax from Charles to Stuart Silverstone responding to questions
-manuscript sketch diagram on pink paper, annotated '4 faces, how to represent 4-ness' and '1)speeding up 2)more organised and complex -> more mind'.
New Atom/New S[illegible] + Quantum [illegible] Donah Zohar [sic]
-CJA-PTK-30 · File · [1989-1992]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Cream folder annotated 'New Atom/New S[illegible] + Quantum [illegible] Donah [sic] Zohar' . The folder has been re-used and the original side tab is labelled 'Gardener Jencks Trusts/Gracewood Park'.
Includes:
-cutting 'The machine that watches you think'
-typescript 'Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics: a pilot experiment' by Nunn, Clarke and Blott, annotated
-photocopied article 'Consciousness and Bose-Einstein condensates' by I.N. Marshall from New Ideas in Psychology Bol 7/1, 1989, annotated
-typescript letter from Danah Zohar to Charles and Maggie, thanking them for their hospitality, 1992
-manuscript notes on yellow paper headed 'Danah Zohar'
-photocopies from unidentified science, religion and philosophy publications, annotated
[Loose documents]
-CJA-RES-AL-B14-5-26 · Item · 1987
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Plastic wallet [removed for conservation reasons] labelled 'Itsuko Hasegawa' including
-typescript letter from Itsuko Hasegawa to Dr Andreas C. Papdakis, Academy Editions sending biographical information and colour transparencies
-curriculum vitae of Itsuko Hasegawa
-photocopied articles from Japanese architecture magazines highlighting Hasegawa's work, annotated
Works of Takefumi Aida
-CJA-RES-AL-B14-5-5 · Item · 1975
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Lion Letter File branded folder labelled 'Works of Takefumi Aida' and 'AIDA'.

The folder comprises cuttings relating to works by Takefumi Aida, as well as loose:I
-typescript letter from Takefumi Aida sending his c.v. and 'raw materials' and regretting that he did not have the opportunity to talk to Charles at the Japan Architect Association party, 1975
-cutting 'Twelve Memoranda on the House like a Die' by Takafumi Aida, Japan Architect Apr 1974
[Loose documents]
-CJA-RES-AL-B4-5-2 · File · [1994]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. 2 ANY branded postcards from Cynthia to Charles thanking him for his contribution to No. 9 and sending him a review.