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Metacultural Systems
Metacultural systems are definable in several ways depending on how the term is used contextually. In this case it refers mainly to the development of symbolic, organizational and behavioral systems that define and predetermine cultural systems and that can be considered to be inherently trans-cultural in terms of human civilization. In this sense, metacultural systems rest upon an objective anthropological understanding and comprehension of the pattern and range of variation of ethnocultural systems and the attempt to transcend the constraints and limitations of variants of such systems in a global framework.
For more explicit elaboration of the concept of human metaculture, we recommend our on-line ebook:
Ideally, a metacultural system would provide a common frame of reference for human behavior that would be good for most, if not all, human beings. It would provide a template for action and the organization of people and their relationships with the world, hopefully in a manner that is healthy and constructive as well as productive.
One of the central goals of alternative anthropology is the implementation, exploration, experimentation and realization of alternative human systems with the idea of bringing to realization a framework for a metacultural system that would be pan-human and global in scope and relevance.
The links to the primary portals of this framework are found below:
