CoEvolution Quarterly Covering Solar Energy, Genetic Toxicity, Ocean Arks, Sausalito Houseboats, Mars Biology, and Network Culture, Archive of 13 issues, 1974-1979

CoEvolution Archive

Date d'édition : 1974

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CoEvolution Quarterly Collection, Stewart Brand's experimental 1970s periodical for the post-Whole Earth counterculture, a Sausalito-based forum where ecology, science, technology, land use, alternative energy, feminist thought, systems theory, and media criticism were argued in print media. This 13 issue run captures the magazine's strongest late-1970s editorial range, with Gregory Bateson's "The Pattern Which Connects," Carl Sagan and Lynn Margulis interviewed in "Rife on Mars," Stewart Brand's "Neighborhood Preservation is an Ecology Issue," W. C. Ellerbroek's "Language, Thought, & Disease," David Thompson's "Astropollution," "Genetic Toxicity," "Treelife," "Ocean Arks," "Solar Water Heaters in Los Angeles [1900]," and "Factory." The magazine is collectible because it records a specific intellectual ecosystem before its subjects became separate academic fields: environmental studies, science and technology studies, sustainable design, media ecology, computer culture, and counterculture history. A curator building holdings in post-1960s environmental thought, Bay Area print culture, alternative technology, or the prehistory of network culture would see the run as a serial map of how ecological politics, systems theory, soft energy, biotechnology anxiety, and communications culture circulated through the same countercultural publishing network. The earliest issue is identified as a "Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog," and includes a contents map with headings such as "Understanding Whole Systems," "Land Use," "Shelter," "Soft Technology," "Craft," "Community," "Nomadics," "Communications," "Learning," and "Business." Subject spanning from solar architecture and Sausalito houseboat preservation to Viking Mars biology, television addiction, genetic damage, forest culture, ocean farming, land-use politics, and industrial critique. Archive of 13 issues created by Brand, Stewart, ed. The CoEvolution Quarterly. Sausalito, California: POINT Foundation / Whole Earth Catalog, 1974 to 1979. [1] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Summer 1974. [2] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Summer 1976 [3] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Fall 1976. [4] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Winter 1976/77. [5] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Fall 1977. [6] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Winter 1977/78. [7] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Spring 1978. No. 17. [8] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Summer 1978. No. 18. [9] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Winter 1978. No. 20. [10] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Spring 1979. No. 21. [11] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Summer 1979. No. 22. [12] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Fall 1979. No. 23. [13] The CoEvolution Quarterly. Winter 1979/80. No. 24. This archive documents how the magazine explores pressing issues of ecology, politics, and cultural discourses. It places Gregory Bateson's systems theory beside Carl Sagan and Lynn Margulis on Mars biology, Stewart Brand on Sausalito houseboat preservation, David Thompson on orbital waste, Peter Laurie on land use, John Todd's "Ocean Arks," solar architecture history, radio and computer networks, genetic toxicity, and Antler's industrial poem "Factory." Some soiling, edge wear, spine wear, and handling throughout; the Summer 1974 issue has heavier cover creasing and chipping, and the Spring 1978 issue has a small handwritten note on the front cover. Overall good condition.

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• Titre: CoEvolution Quarterly Covering Solar Energy, Genetic Toxicity, Ocean Arks, Sausalito Houseboats, Mars Biology, and Network Culture, Archive of 13 issues, 1974-1979
• Date de parution: 1974
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Mass Media & Popular Culture
  • Social Activism & Protest
  • Labor, Environment & Industry