The Manoa Journal of Fried and Half-Fried Ideas

(about the future...)

Vision Statement

Activities of the HRCFS

The HRCFS and Futures Studies at the University of Hawaii

Futures Studies at UH beyond the MA

HRCFS and the World Futures Studies Federation

HRCFS and International Space University

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Jim Dator's Vitae
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Papers by Prominent Futurists

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Past and Present Futures Folks

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The Manoa Journal of Fried and Half-Fried Ideas (about the future) is an occasional paper series published by the Hawai'i Research Center for Futures Studies (HRCFS). Established by the State Legislature in 1971, HRCFS is a unit of the Social Science Research Institute at the University of Hawai'i. The Manoa Journal is a forum for testing out ideas about the future in the early stages, before they are aired or published for conventional audiences or journals. In other words, The Manoa Journal of Fried and Half-Fried Ideas offers a creative and nurturing environment for nascent ideas. As such, we encourage submissions from all areas, people, and persuasions. No idea is too raw for us.

We thank and commend you for taking this opportunity to engage in imaginative dreaming with others about the future. Spread the word - the futures are alive and living in The Manoa Journal of Fried and Half-Fried Ideas (about the future).

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Volume One

Volume Two

Volume Three

Volume Four

Volume Five

Volume Six

Volume Seven

Volume Eight

Volume Nine

Volume Ten

Volume Eleven

Volume Twelve New!!

Volume One: Premier Issue - Some Perspectives On Futures Studies

Futures Studies and Sustainable Community Development: / pdf: by Jim Dator
What Are the Greatest Challenges For Evolutionary Theory in Our Times?: / pdf: by Jan Huston
Deconstructing Tourism: Unfamiliar Histories and Alternatives Futures of Tourism: by Sohail Inayatullah
Tech Dreams: / pdf:by Jordi Serra

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Volume Two: Special Issue - Women and the Future

Technological Constraints or A Funny Thing Happened on Our Way to the Future (We Never Got There) / pdf: by R. Scott Daniels
Woman on the Edge of Time -- Observations / pdf: by Miriam Rosenthal
Futures of Women: Women of the Future / pdf: by Christopher B. Jones
Feminist Fabulation: Challenging the Boundaries of Fact and Fiction / pdf: by Debora Halbert
Women in Futures Studies and Women's Visions of the Future -- One Man's Tentative View / pdf: by Jim Dator
Silding into Our Future: Provocation as a Path to Critical Futures Fluency / pdf: by Wendy L. Schultz

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Volume Three: The Future of Education and Work

The Soft Revolution, / pdf: by Gerard O'Neill
Changing Japanese Employment Patterns and Women's Participation: Anticipating the Implications of Employment Trends, / pdf: by Collen M. Fox
The Challenge of Unemployment, / pdf: by Stephen T. Boggs
Linkages Between Work and Employment?, / pdf: by Jim Dator
The Implications in the Nature of Work for Approaches to Education and Income Distribution in Candada, / pdf: by Sally Lerner
A Scenario for the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, circa 2040, / pdf: by Thomas B. Carson

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Volume Four: The Future of Hawaii, Part One

Introduction to Hawaii Scenarios / pdf: by Wendy Schultz
Too Local to be Global / pdf
21st Century International Marketplace / pdf
Islands in the Mind: Pick Your Own Reality / pdf
Uncommon Alliances in Sovereign Hawai'is / pdf
Old is Gold / pdf
Be Smart, Be Clean, Be Responsible / pdf
Putting the "Servant" Back in Public Servant / pdf
Green Day / pdf
The Bankrupt State / pdf
A New Spirit: The Hawaiian Nation / pdf: by Adrianne Greenlees
Alternative Scenarios for Health in Hawaii / pdf: by Annette Gardner

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Volume Five: The Future of Hawaii, Part Two

The Sovereign Nation of Hawai'i / pdf: by Ka'imiloa
Healthy University 2005 / pdf: by Annette Gardner
Imaging a New Day in Wai'anae / pdf: by Poka Laenui
Discussion on Sovereignty & The Hawaiian Economy / pdf: by Poka Laenui
Century Mark Retrospective, / pdf: by T. Stuart
Business Driven by the Eternal, / pdf: by Kevin Yim
The Kaua'i of the 21st Century, / pdf: by Bob Gearhart
The Future of Hawai'i: Best Case Scenarios from a Sovereignty Activist's Perspective / pdf: by Lynette Cruz
Hawaii in 100 Years: Robots and Wealthy Outsiders / pdf: by Jim Dator

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Volume Six: The Futures of Space Exploration and Settlement.

An Incomplete Debate on Space / pdf
Thoughts from a Settlement on Mars / pdf: by Kalani Chapman
Arguments for the Creation of a Moon Archive / pdf: by Jim Burke

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Volume Seven: Occassional Paper Number Seven

An Overview of Four Futures Methodologies (Delphi, Environmental Scanning, Issues Managment and Emerging Issue Analysis) / pdf: by Trudi Lang
A Tale of Three Futurists / pdf: by Alex Lowenthal
Three Futurists / pdf: by Rich Somerville
L.A. 2022 / pdf: by John Tunick

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Volume Eight: Occassional Paper Number Eight

From the Forges of Fire to the Creation of Life: Persistence in the Biotecnical Age / pdf: by Dwayne Minton
The Maverick Clans of the Valles Marineris / pdf: by Richard Young
A System of Indebtedness / pdf: by Heather Stanton
Social Change in a PostMarxist World / pdf: by Mircea Boari

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Volume Nine: Occassional Paper Number Nine

Delphi/Scanning Methodologies: An Electronic Futures Symposium / pdf
The Future of Constitutional Monarchy: The North American Model 2030 A.D. / pdf: by John Poast
Continuing Education: The Future "Flagship" of Higher Education? / pdf: by Jim Dator
Buddhist Enlightenment & the Internet / pdf: by David W. Chappell
Harbingers: Book Notes, Reviews & Mini-Reviews / pdf: by Vincent Kelly Pollard

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Volume Ten: Occassional Paper Number Ten

Electronic Seminar: Visions of Cloning / pdf
The Tao of Cloning / pdf: by Dwayne Minton
Two Futures of People with Disabilities / pdf: by David Pfeiffer
The Futures of People with Disabiliies: Assuming the Future Perfect (Reply to Pfeiffer) / pdf: by Robin Brandt
Harbingers: Contact / pdf: by Vincent Kelly Pollard

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Volume Eleven: Occassional Paper Number Eleven

Three Possible Futures of North Korea / pdf: by Stephen Dwight Kiser
The IPAT Equation, Global Modeling & the Search for Sustainable Development / pdf: by Devin Nordberg
Call for Reviews from the Managing Editor
Some Sources (in English) for Thinking about the Future / pdf: by Jim Dator

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Volume Twelve: Occassional Paper Number Twelve

Why Not Just Ignore the "Year 2000 Problem"? / pdf: by Charles Simons
More on the IPAT Equation / pdf: by David Pfeiffer
A More Democratic Future for Long Term Wellness and Independence for the Elderly / pdf: by Jim Shon
 

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