Ursula Heise on dystopia
Another one, courtesy of Peter Fitting:
http://www.publicbooks.org/fiction/whats-the-matter-with-dystopia
H-Utopia, like the 25-year-old Society for Utopian Studies, is devoted to discussion of utopianism in all its forms, from literary expression to policy analysis to architectural criticism to activism. Our focus is on the forms, contents, and influence of utopian/dystopian thinking.
Recent Content
ANN: Chinchilla's Communal Settlers
X-Posted from the USS list (see www.utopianstudieseurope.org):
Oregon's racist utopian history
Utopists,
Light reading suggested by Peter Fitting:
http://gizmodo.com/oregon-was-founded-as-a-racist-utopia-1539567040
CFP: Visual and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference
Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics
10th Visual and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference
University of Rochester
April 17-18, 2015
Keynote speaker:
Jared Sexton, African American Studies and Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine
CFP: Communal Studies (1-3 Oct 2015)
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CALL FOR PAPERS
for the Annual Conference of
The Communal Studies Association
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Conference Dates: October 1-3
Marking the Land:
How Intentional Communities Shape Their Surrounding Physical & Social Landscapes