Barton Kunstler

Interview

• "Towards a futurology of the self: how to redefine the concept of "identity" in a hyper-technical world" (Chicago, 20/07/1998)

Biography

Born in New York City, Barton Kunstler (bkunstler@lesley.edu) Barton Kunstler earned his Bachelor of Arts at State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1971 and received his doctorate in classics from Boston University. Dr. Kunstler is Associate Professor at the Lesley College School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and Program Director of its General Education programs. He has developed and delivered programs in creativity, strategic thinking, globalization, and communications at Lesley and for various other organizations.
Dr. Kunstler is an experienced facilitator and has directed and moderated symposia on globalization and creativity as well as organizational retreats.

Current research focuses on key factors in the formation and maintenance of highly creative groups, with related interests in whole-mind learning and the interface between institutional and cognitive structures. In addition, he is producing educational and training materials for a world trade network of the International Chambers of Commerce and the G77 group of "developing" nations, part of his growing involvement in electronic commerce.

Bibliography

Dr. Kunstler has also published articles and book chapters in the fields of creativity, education, and ancient myth and history. Among his most recent publications:

• Holographic Learning, in 'Proceedings of the World Association of Case Research methods and Applications (WACRA) Conference, Marseilles, 1998' , in press.
• Sappho's Koma: the Vocabulary of trance in Ancient Greek Poetry, in 'Shaman: The Journal of International Shamanic Studies', Spring 1999
• The Armenian Bowl, (poem) in 'Ararat Journal', Fall 1998.