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Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice
This seminar will explore approaches to the ideal society in literature, film, art, politics, architecture, and history. Combining classic utopian theory, such as Bloch and Jameson, with recent writing which seeks to expand and test the boundaries of utopian studies, including digital utopianism, performative utopias, and attempts to modify the analysis of class through attention to race, gender, and sexuality, the seminar will explore key questions in a variety of disciplines and contexts about the limits of utopianism in today’s world.
(NB: Registration is required to gain access to the seminar readings. To register, go to the “Seminars” section of the Center for Humanities Website at: http://centerforthehumanities.org/seminars)
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Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post Discussing Reproduction and the Figure of the 'Hybrid' in Teen Speculative Literature in the group
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice: 9 years, 4 months agoA new post on my personal blog, dealing with both fantasy and dystopian texts that focus on a “hybrid” heroine– cyborg, half-breed, or otherwise Other– that might be of interest!
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Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post Ready Player One: A Discussion in the group
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice: 9 years, 10 months ago
In the future, the world is left broken: an unrelenting recession has taken hold and governments seem to have simply given up. Most of the world spends much of their time in OASIS– a virtual world that holds […] -
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Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet uploaded 10/8- Ender's Game Poster to
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice 9 years, 11 months agoFlier for our event on 10/8, focusing on Ender’s Game.
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Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post Competition and Selection in Teen Speculative Fiction in the group
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice: 10 years, 4 months agoWhen The Selection by Kiera Cass came out, many readers described it as “a relationship or romance-centered version of The Hunger Games.” Now, with the recent release of the second book in Cass’s trilogy, The […]
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Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post Gardens, Utopias, and the Impulse of Myth in the group
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice: 10 years, 5 months ago
Given the imminent arrival of Naomi Jacobs, who will be presenting on Nature, Utopia, and the Garden tomorrow, Thursday April 11 at 4:15 in room 3209 of the Graduate Center, I figured I would share a quote I came […] -
Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post "Baby-Making" as Critiques of Capitalistic Society in the group
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice: 10 years, 6 months agoIf nothing else, in recent years, American society has become more familiar with ideas of reproductive assistance– from surrogacy to in-vitro fertilization to hormone injections and everything in between. […]
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Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post Ralph Dumain Guest Blog Post: Reflections on Voyage to Kazohinia Seminar in the group
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice: 10 years, 6 months ago
Reflections on the Kazohinia Seminar
By Ralph Dumain
Let me express my gratitude for the opportunity to conduct this seminar on Sándor Szathmári’s Voyage to Kazohinia, my most inspiring experience in several […] -
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Carrie Hintz wrote a new blog post Podcast by Ralph Dumain in the group
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Carrie Hintz wrote a new blog post Some Resources in Preparation for Thursday's seminar in the group
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice: 10 years, 6 months agoHello everyone! Here are some resources in preparation for Thursday’s seminar:
Ralph Dumain on the “two cultures” and “warring dichotomies” of the mid-twentieth […]
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Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post Dialect and Slang as Rhetorical Power in Feed and A Clockwork Orange in the group
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice: 10 years, 6 months ago“That’s one of the great things about the feed– that you can be supersmart without ever working. Everyone is supersmart now. You can look things up automatic, like science and history, like if you want to know […]
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Patrick Smyth wrote a new blog post Utopia as Transformation in the group
Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice: 10 years, 7 months agoUtopia is an imaginative endeavor, a conceptual leap that attempts to envision a hypothetical society. Yet the word Utopia also describes a series of real-world projects – from Christianity to Marxism – that bring […]
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