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
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
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Includes:
-pencil, coloured pencil, felt tip and photocopied furniture designs on paper and tracing paper
-letter from Art Monthly to Charles commissioning a contribution to a book 'Art in Public Places' based on Charles' "ICA contribution', 1983
-private view card from Medite House at RIBA, 1990
-designs for cushions for Johnny's Room with fabric samples
-correspondence with James Stirling and Robin Hamlyn at the Tate Gallery regarding interview text, with ink drawings on reverse, 1987
-cutting from the Sunday Times 22 Sep 1985, 'Heavy Metal in Milan' by Deyan Sudjic
-letter from the Formica Corporation regarding the donation of a Sun chair to the Art Institute of Chicago
-printed programs for furniture
-pencils sketches of a gateway
-sketch plan of furniture in rooms on the reverse of notepaper from Interior Design '84 Sapporo
-correspondence with Shinji Kohmoto, National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto regarding inclusion of the Alessi Tea & Coffee set in the exhibition 'Contemporary Landscape: From the Horizon of Postmodern Design'
-letter from Spiral Staircase Systems quoting for the manufacture of ten sets of Alloy spheres, 1985
-cutting from an unidentified newspaper about designer Albert Hadley
-colour transparency of a table
Contents of a folder labelled '(4) PM Cosmology' [folder removed]. Includes:
-typescript schedule for the Portrack seminar on Post-Modern Ecology to be held in Santa Monica on Tulane Department of Philosophy, 1995 [incomplete]
-typescript list of Portrack seminars and participants 1-6
-post-it with manuscript note
-cutting titled 'The New Men from Auntie' [on Alan Yentob and Michael Jackson at the BBC] by Lesley White
-cutting 'The Creative Universe' by Judith Rice from The Tablet 24 July 1992
-copy fax from the the ICA to Brian Swimme with arrangements from Meaning In The Cosmos, 1993
-typescript list of religious leaders and academics
-typescript fax from Imperial College, informing Charles that Professor C. Isham is unwell and will be unable to speak at the event, 1993
-typescript fax, signed, from Charles to Richard Falk discussing potential of Prague and Havel
-typescript letter from Charles to Vaclev Havel, President of the Czech Republic, 1994
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles discussing a potential publication and Prague, 1994
-typescript list of names and contact details headed 'July 13th-16th/17th? Acceptances', heavily annotated
-typescript titled 'The Triumph of the Twentieth Century' from The Economist 12 August 1989
-typescript fax giving contact details
-fax from the ICA to Charles sending advertisements in Time Out and the News Statesman [not enclosed], 1993
-typescript list titled 'SPT Addresses and telephone numbers' with contact details
-photocopy poem titled 'The Blind Men and the Elephant' by Godfray Saxe from 'Quest for a Concept of Postmodernity' [7 copies]
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.
Folder for the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg annotated 'Post-Mod' and 'Invitation 23 Nov'. Includes:
-typescript document titlerd 'Reconsidering Post-Modernism: Portrack Seminar [crossed out] or May 17-19 or June 28-30 with a list of potential participants, annotated
-typescript letter from Douwe Fokkema on Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek headed paper, sending condolences to Charles after Maggie's death and inviting him to read a paper at a forthcoming symposium titled "Postmodernity and Postmodernism', 1996
-typescript letter from Hans Bertens on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper, discussing his contribution to the Portrack seminar and his religious viewpoint, 1997, annotated with Charles' draft reply
-typescript letter from Douwe Fokkema on Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek headed paper, co-ordinating the publication of papers from the symposium in the European Review, 1997, annotated with draft reply; attached letter from Arnold Burgen on European Review headed paper requesting the articles, 1997
-manuscript letter from Douwe Fokkema discussing the European Review, 1997
-manuscript notes, some on the reverse of a timetable for the Academia Europaea 1997 Annual general Meeting, headings include 'Hans', 'Mihály Szegedy-Maszák' and 'Flotzinger'
-photocopy from a publication titled 'Lost Goddesses of Early Greece', annotated 'Research into the myth of Hera: re Olympic Games'
-typescript letter from Hans Bertens to Charles, on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper, making arrangements to meet, 1997
-manuscript letter from Ihan Hassan to Charles on personal headed paper enclosing typescript titled 'The Expense of Spirit in Postmodern Times: Between Nihilism and Belief', 1997
-manuscript fax from Ihab Hassan to Charles agreeing to Charles' topics 'for our little transcontinental chat', 1997
-typescript fax from Umberto Eco's secretary to Charles informing him that Eco is out of the country, 1997
-manuscript fax from Charles to Ihab Hassan with a list of topics he'd like to discuss during a telephone interview, 1997
-manuscript letter from Ihab Hassan to Charles on personal headed paper, enclosing the text of the talk he gave at the ICA which is to be published in Hungarian; enclosed typescript titled 'Postmodern Revisited: a personal account'
-brochure for 'Reconsidering the Postmodern' conference at the ICA, 18 & 19 May 1996; inserted typescript document titled 'Reconstructive Post-Modernism', two copies, one annotated
-postcard advertising a lecture by the architects of RMIT titled 'Re-inventing Storey Hall'
-typescript letter from Hans Bertens to Charles on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper inquiring about the Ghent symposium, 1997, annotated with draft reply
-typescript letter from Academia Europaea inviting Charles to present a lecture during the Postmodernity and Postmodernism seminar with details of lecture length and travel arrangements, 1997
-typescript fax from Charlene Spretnak to Charles, David and Richard discussing a new Library of Congress subject headings for postmodernism, 1997
-fax copy from 'The Culture of Denial' by Chet Bowers discussing David Ray Griffin, Charles Jencks and Charlene Spretnak as a separate tendency in postmodernism, 1996
-typescript letter from Margaret Rose to Charles giving a detail response to What is Post-Modernism 4th edition, 1997
-manuscript fax from Charles to Charlene Spretnak, responding to her fax on the Library of Congress, 1997
-business card from Indra K. Ramanathan, Design Nexus Architect, Malaysia
-fax typescript list of participants in the Portrack Seminar 'Confrontations and Synergies: the Culture Interplay of the Indigenous, the Traditional, the Modern and the Post-Modern' with biographies
-manuscript letter from [Charlene Spretnak] enclosing a copy of her published 'Embodied, Embedded Philosophy' to be circulated to participants at the next seminar
-review of Anthony Giddens' 'Modernity and Self-Identity' by Alan Ryan from the TLS 10 Jan 1992, annotated
-review of Anthony Giddens' The Consequences of Modernity' by Richard Sennett from the TLS 8 Feb 1991, annotated
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles confirming participants for the next seminar [Portrack Seminar 8]
-manuscript fax from Charles to Charlene making arrangements for the seminar
-typescript letter from David Griffin on School of Theology at Claremont headed paper to Charles, Charlene and Richard discussing the proposals for a conference on Reconsidering Postmodernism, 1995
-typescript fax from Charles to Richard Falk, David Ray Griffin and Charlene Spretnak updating them on plans for The Post-Modern Reconsidered at the ICA, 1995
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles, mentioning his recent travels and particularly the influence of post-modernism on Tokyo, 1995, annotated with draft reply
-handout from Siobhán Hapaska's exhibition 'Saint Christopher's Legless' [at the ICA]
-manuscript [fax] from Charles to Richard Falk, discussing the Portrack seminars and his recent work and reading, 1995
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles thanking him for the Portrack semimnar, 1995
-manuscript fax list of names, annotated
-typescript fax from Charlene Spretnak to Richard Falk, cc Charles discussing themes, participants, dates and logistics for the forthcoming seminar [Portrack Seminar 8], 1995
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles, cc Charlene Spretnak, suggesting title, dates and participants for the next seminar [Portrack Seminar 8], 1995, annotated
-fax typescript and annotated list of Portrack seminar [8] participants and the rooms they've been assigned, annotated
Bundle of loose papers including:
-newsprint publication for an event held by the Sikkens Foundation including a biography of Charles
-news cutting
-manuscript notes titled 'Adhocism with a post-it notes attached
-print-out of the event listing for a talk by Charles at the ICA titled Adhocism, 13 July 2016, with manuscript annotations of arrangements; post-it note attached with manuscript notes
-The MIT Press Art, Architecture, Cultural Studies brochure 2008
-letters from the Sikkens Foundation sending copies of his Mondrian Lecture 2010
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-detailed faxes between Charles and Dr Kunio Kudo discussing a translation into Japanese which Kudo is making, with a business card for Kudo attached
-letters from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] to Charles, thanking him for the book 'Odd Man Out' and informing him of his exhibitions and copy replies from Charles discussing the translation with Kudo[1998]
-typescript titled 'Preface to the Japanese Edition: New World View'
-draft press release for 'A Landscape of Waves (or) Waves, Twists and Solitons: drawings, model and furniture: an exhibition' by Charles Jencks at the Redfern Gallery April-May [?1995]
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper headed 'semiotics of cosmic architecture'
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper titled 'A Modern Introduction'
-faxed press release from Academy Group Limited for The Architecture of The Jumping Universe
-manuscript notes mentioning [Dagmar Richter], Kipnis, Goldberger, Tadasu Ohe and Kurokawa
-photocopy from an unidentified book of a Random Peano Curve
-fax correspondence between Charles and Professor K-C Lye (Eric) at the University of Hong Kong regarding a lecture and seminar he is to give, including a typescript document titled 'Complexity Architecture Seminar' with details of the seminar and a list of architectural projects for students to choose from
-Typescript titled 'A Very Modern Statement'
-manuscript notes
-fax to Charles from the Academy Group confirming a list of events in April-June 1995 including an exhibition at the Redfern Gallery and lectures at Oxford Brookes University, the ICA, Birkbeck College, Architectural Association and RIBA.
-fax from Oxford Brookes University confirming arrangements for the lecture
-typescript document titled 'Jumping Universe Launch May 1st 1995??????' with suggested press and events, heavily annotated
