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CJA-PTK-17 · Item · 1992
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Looseleaf typescript document titled 'The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor, George Lakoff, to appear in Ortony, Anthony (ed.) Metaphor and Thoughts (2nd edition), Cambridge University Press. Annotated throughout in several different colour pens. Lakoff, George
CJA-PTK-18 · Item · Aug 1992
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Stapled typescript [staples removed for conservation reasons] on pink paper, titled 'Reality and Creativity in Art and Science", Lecture presented in conference on “Order, Chaos and Creativity, Edinburgh Art Festival, 29-30 August 1992. Four copies. Ho, Mae-Wan
The Post-Modern Agenda
CJA-PTK-19 · File · [c1992]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Proof typescript and two photocopies of 'The Post-Modern Agenda' by Charles, and contents page from 'The Post-Modern Reader' published by Academy Editions. Includes illustration plates.
CJA-PTK-2 · File · 1994-1995
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled '7: P-M Ecology: Portrack Sem. March 10-12 1995'.

Includes:
-fax from R to Charles, typescript titled 'How is meaning grounded: implications of the embodied mind', proposal for the Portrack conference in Santa Monica by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, 1993
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper, headings include: Mark Johnson; Children; Transformation; Just war; Consciousness raising
-manuscript notes on plain white paper, headings include [illegible] war; Paul Davies; Danah Zohar; list of names and addresses for Portrack seminar 7-10 Sep 1992 [Charlene Spretnak; Peter Saunders; Catherine Keller; Richard Falk; Charles and Maggie; Mae-Wan Ho; Danah Zohar + Ian Marshall; David Giffin/Ann Jaqua; Paul Davies; Evolution/Physics; Potential Coherence; History of Patriarchy/history of Feminism; Katherine Keller [sic]; Ecological/Quantum/Cosmological Post-Modernism; next summer.
-fax from Billy Grassie to Charles, suggesting a structure for a book on Post-Modern Ecology, 1995
-photocopy book review by Erik Davis titled 'It ain't easy being green: eco meets pomo', Voice Literary Supplement, 1995
-typescript titled 'Portrack Seminars' with a list of seminars, dates and participants
-typescript memo from Michael Zimmerman to colleagues at the Tulane University Department of Philosophy with details of the forthcoming Portrack seminar including a schedule, overview of topics and how the seminar will be structured.Includes a list of participants with biographies [annotated]
-fax from Billy Grassie to Charles requesting feedback on the introduction typescript titled 'Towards a Postmodern Ecology: a report on the March 1995 Seminar' attached, annotated, 1995
-manuscript letter on Michael E. Zimmerman headed paper to Charles and Maggie thanking them for the seminar, 1995
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper headed 'Portrack March 10-12, 1995'
-photocopies from 'Educating for an Ecologically Sustainable Culture: Rethinking Moral Education, Creativity, Intelligence, and other Modern Orthodoxies', 1995, and 'Critical Essays on Education, Modernity, and the Recovery of the Ecological Imperative',1993, with covering typescript letter from Chet Bowers to the other seminar participants on Portland State University headed paper, 1995
-typescript letter on William Grassie headed paper to the other seminar participants introducing his work, 1995
-manuscript [fax] from Charles to Michael Zimmerman on UCLA headed paper suggesting reading, 1995
-typescript titled 'Reinventing Nature: the problem of the literal and the figurative' by Billy Grassie with presentation outline, annotated, 1995
-typescript titled 'Michael Soulé - comments for Jencks meeting in Los Angeles', annotated
-typescript [fax] from Charles to colleagues, on UCLA headed paper, with practical arrangements for the Portrack seminar
-typescript and manuscript faxes [some badly faded] between Charles and Michael Zimmerman discussing the difficulties of arranging the seminar and suggesting participants, 1994
-typescript letter from Richard Falk to Charles listing expenses and making suggestions on future meetings, 1995

[Loose papers]
CJA-PTK-20 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Material found loose and grouped together. Includes:
-stapled photocopy from ['Platitudes' by Trey Ellis] [staple removed for conservation reasons]
-manuscript list of attendees at the Portrack Seminar 13-17 July 1992
-offprint of 'Post-Modern Architecture and Time Fusion' by Charles published in 'International Postmodernism: theory and literary practice' (1997)
- manuscript letter from Charlene Spretnak on personal headed paper to Charles and Hans Bertens on the emerging field of 'Ecological literary criticism' (also: Eco Lit crit and Green cultural studies) in relation to the next Portrack Seminar, with a post-it note from Charlene telling Charles to put this letter in his Portrack file and send a copy on to Hans if relevant.
-cutting from The Times 15 Apr 2008, David Aaronovitch on Richard Falk's role as investigator for the UN Human Rights Council titled 'This is a UN "expert". I'd prefer "conspiracy crank"'.
-cutting titled 'In this postmodern world, what religious thinker may need if a scholarly new postcolonial posting' by Peter Steinfelks [New York Times]
-cutting titled 'Sheltered Lives and Public Postures' by Thomas Nagel, review of Richard A. Posner's Public Intellectuals, TLS 25 Jan 2002
-cutting titled 'Primary school teaches meaning of life' from The Times 25 Sep 2001
-cutting titled 'What is it about lemons?' by Thomas Nagel, review of 'The Quest for Reality' by Barry Stroud, London Review of Books, 20 Sep 2001, annotated
-typescript letter from Graham Dawes thanking Charles for arranging to have his handwritten notes sent to him, which enabled him gain an 'Impressionistic sense of the conference', and commenting on the work of Lakoff and Johnson, 2001
[Loose papers]
CJA-PTK-21 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Material found loose and grouped together. Includes:
-manuscript notes [for introductory speech]
-typescript titled 'Portrack Seminar 1' listing arrivals and departures, arrangements for meals, accomodation for participants, possible day trips and walks
-typescript titled 'Post-Modern Architecture - The Four Stage' [annotated] and 4 photocopy versions
-manuscript notes including headings 'Role of Theory' and 'Whither PM?'
-manuscript notes headed 'Portrack Seminar - Prepare for 1st 2 - Whither PM?'
-plastic folder labelled 'Portrack Seminar July' containing bundles of duplicates of the programme; original colour pen and pencil map of the garden at Portrack [by Maggie] with colour copies; fax from Charlene to colleagues attending the symposium with photocopies.
[Loose papers]
CJA-PTK-3 · File · 1995-2002
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of loose papers including:
-cutting 'But where are the great Scots these days?' by Deyan Sudjic, 2002, annotated
-manuscript notes, headings include 'Griffiths', 'R. Falk Historical Present', 'Saturday' [probably Charles' notes from Portrack seminar 8]
-photocopy published chapter 'Feminism Inverted: The Real Women and Gendered Imagery of Hindu Nationalism' by Amrita Basu
-photocopy article 'Development or Decolonization in the Andes' by Frédérique Apffel-Marglin from Interculture Volume XXVIII No 1, Winter 1995
-typescript titled 'A few Background Notes for Portrack ’95: “Confrontations and Synergies: Cultural interplay of the Indigenous, the traditional, the Modern and the Postmodern” (Richard Falk, 22/X/95'), annotated
-photocopy cover, index and introduction from 'The Challenge of the Local Feminisms: Women’s Movements in the Global Perspective' edited by Amrita Basu
-typescript titled 'A commentary on ‘Indigenous Voices in the United Nations: Untying the Knot of Colonialism’" by Lester Edwin J. Ruiz (International Christian University, Tokyo) 1995
-photocopy typescript titled 'Meditation on Activism and Religious Fundamentalism as Antidotes to Post-Scientific/technological Disillusionment' by Robert Zuber (World Order Models Project) and Lester Edwin J. Ruiz (International Christian University, Tokyo)
-typescript titled 'Reading History as Resistance: Mayan Public Intellectuals in Guatemala' by Kay B. Warren (Princeton), Oct 1995
-faxed typescript titled 'The Politics of Community' by TU Weiming, Sep 1995 sent by Lianhb Zaobao, Oct 1995
CJA-PTK-4 · File · 1989-1994
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Brochure for Cranfield: International Ecotechnology Research Centre used as a folder. Includes:
-leaflet for 'Casper David Freidrich to Ferdinand Holder: a romantic tradition' at The National Gallery
-fax from Matthew Fox's assistant to Charles, responsing for a request for a meeting with Matthew and Anita Roddick, 1994
-fax photocopy of 'Industrial Metabolism: Restructuring for Sustainable Development' cover and Chapter 5 'Evolution, sustainability, and industrial metabolism' by Peter M. Allen, sent 1994
-typescript letter from Walter Truett Anderson (signed) on personal headed paper, enclosing participants list and biographies from the Global Governance conference at the Meridian International Institute, 1994
-subscription renewal form from the Centre for Creation Spirituality, along with press release on Matthew Fox and leaflet for forthcoming events
-hand-drawn map in biro with direction to Portrack House
-manuscript draft fax from Charles to Sara Parkin, on headed paper, sending directions to Portrack and typescript list of Portrack Seminars so far
-photocopy published article titled 'Towards a new science of human systems' by Peter M. Allen from the International Social Science Journal 119, 1989
-photocopy published chapter titled 'Evolution, innovation and Economics' by Peter M. Allen
-photocopy typescript titled 'Impact of Chaos on Science and Society: the first international symposium in a series on the frontiers of science and technology' giving an overview of topics and a provisional list of participants, written by Walter Shearer, [1989]
-photocopy typescript titled 'Why the Future is Not What it Was' by Peter M. Allen, prepared for Futures 6/4/90, 1990
-ReVision: the journal of consciousness and change, Vol. 9, Number 1, guest edited by Walter Truett Anderson, Ernest Callenbach, Fritjof Capra and Charlene Spretnak
3: Metaphor and Grounding
CJA-PTK-5 · File · 1992-1995
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled '#3 Metaphor + Grounding'. The file consists mostly of correspondence from Charlene Spretnak, including:
-typescript letter on personal headed paper thanking Charles and Maggie for the hospitality and sending gifts, 1992
-manuscript letter on Grand Hôtel Jeanne-d'arc headed paper discussing plans to meet with Jonathon Porritt, 1992
-typescript letter discussing Matt [Matthew Fox], Petra [Kelly] and Gert [Bastian]; proposal for Charlene to speak to Charles' students at UCLA; proposal for future conferences [seminars] and suggestions of participants; suggests of interviewees for Charles' books on cosmology; request to delete material from their interview together on her spritual background, 1992
-typescript letter to Charles and Maggie sending cuttings and giving personal news, 1992
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, confirms meeting with Wm. Irwin Thompson (Bill) and making other arrangements to meet, 1993
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, sending a draft of an article 'Radical nonduality in ecofeminist philosophy', 1993
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, sending cuttings and referring to their visit to SF, 1993
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, sending cuttings and making suggestions for future conferences [seminars], 1993
-manuscript letter to Charles and Maggie on personal headed paper, sending a clipping for Charles and discussing a Vipassana retreat with Maggie, 1994
-typescript fax on personal headed paper, suggesting participants for the 'Reconsidering the Post-Modern' conference [seminar], 1995
-typescript fax on personal headed paper, sent to participants of the Symposium, discussing the relevant pages of her books in relation to postmodernism, 1992

Folder also includes:
-typescript form letter from Charles, on UCLA headed paper, to particpants of the 'Portrack Seminar' in Santa Monica March 1993, giving arrival instructions, 1993
-typescript fax proposal for Santa Monica seminar titled 'How is Meaning Grounded?: implications of the embodied mind' on California Institute of Integral Studies headed paper, 1993
-photocopied newspaper articles on Petra Kelly and Gern Bastian
-programme for the Bay Area Memorial Service for Petra Kelly and Gert Bastian, 1992
-manuscript notes, post-it notes and 'while you were out' messages
-handwritten list of contact details
-blank form for Charles' AUP 289-7 The Post-Modern Breakthrough course with a table headed 'Chaos Theory - Complexity theories - Los Angeles - Religion - Feminism'
-flyer for Charlene Spretnak's 'States of Grace' book
-flyer for William Irwin Thompson's classes at California Institute of Integral Studies, 1993