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Topic B: Sociological discoveries

Resources

Start with the video embedded on the right and, then, go reading, listening or watching each one of the resources listed in order. If there comes a moment when a resource becomes too difficult, then leave it and begin your own independent inquiry on this topic.

1. The Cultural Creatives: A Hope for a New World. A short introduction video on the topic of the Cultural Creatives, featuring Dr. Paul H. Ray, the sociologist who discovered this new subculture in our society
   

   The Cultural Creatives: A Hope for a New World

   
2. Wikipedia: The Cultural Creatives. A simple abstract of this subject that summarizes the most important facts
3. We are Cultural Creatives - With social scientist Paul Ray. An audio from Kindred Media on an interview to Dr. Paul H. Ray
4. Van Gelder (2000). A culture gets creative. An interview on YES! Magazine with Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson, authors of the book on Cultural Creatives
5. Hazen (2001). The Cultural Creative Paradox. A critical analysis about the reality of the Cultural Creatives phenomenon and its difficulties to get a social change. An article from Alternet
6. Quantum shift in the global brain - Review from Ervin Laszlo's book. Comments on a book from Dr. Ervin Laszlo, a philosopher of science and systems theorist, who hypothesizes the existence of a global brain, the “quasi energy- and information-processing network created by six-and-a-half billion humans on the planet.”
7. Tibbs (2011). Changing cultural values and the transition to sustainability. A good academic article summarizing the current situation on the change of cultural values from recent studies. Article in Journal of Futures Studies, 15(3), 13-32