CUNY Academic Commons | John Giunta | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/jgiunta/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which John Giunta is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 617bbe3899ddf30cd7136297148d3bc6 Andrew Dayton joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/424526/ Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:27:44 -0500 e205d6b475cd577dd2e336141a99f439 Bibi Calderaro (she/her//ella) joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/300952/ Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:23:55 -0400 7134c6f556634ebb4cc6f6072a7fe0e9 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 http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/05/13/discussing-reproduction-and-the-figure-of-the-hybrid-in-teen-speculative-literature/ Tue, 13 May 2014 14:15:44 -0400 A 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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]]> bfe6873a4a812690a40c6f98cc2103bb 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 http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/11/ready-player-one-a-discussion/ Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:13:57 -0500 ThumbnailIn 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 […]

]]> 916a7844688e71d41c174ad1bc24f79d Ellis Judd Staley joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/231502/ Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:56:50 -0400 3aa12c02acf13e9a094442db74c6cdf3 John Giunta joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/231232/ Fri, 18 Oct 2013 03:58:27 -0400 941ab07a52a6427466b1622888b84902 Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet uploaded 10/8- Ender's Game Poster to Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/226539/ Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:33:43 -0400 Flier for our event on 10/8, focusing on Ender’s Game.

]]> bc7d7e05f5a854eea38f793d8949202d Francesco Crocco joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/209333/ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:57:46 -0400 30ca7de5373f1e37c7fcd876cd7ac496 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 http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/13/competition-and-selection-in-teen-speculative-fiction/ Tue, 14 May 2013 01:08:54 -0400 When 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 […]

]]> 17225973684292d74a0710d76fcfefe2 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 http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/10/gardens-utopias-and-the-impulse-of-myth/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:43:06 -0400 ThumbnailGiven 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 […]

]]> 16d091a767252db1d02e920e371bf7fe 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 http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/28/baby-making-as-critiques-of-capitalistic-society/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:32:15 -0400 If 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. […]

]]> 9d550cc994c7262e17c8404fdae39093 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 http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/20/ralph-dumain-guest-blog-post-reflections-on-voyage-to-kazohinia-seminar/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:31:13 -0400 ThumbnailReflections 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 […]

]]> 17d62091196f950f4e1db1a05ddfbf7e Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post April 11: Nature, Utopia, and the Garden with Naomi Jacobs in the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/19/april-11-nature-utopia-and-the-garden-with-naomi-jacobs/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:12:51 -0400 ThumbnailPlease join us on Thursday, April 11 at 4:15 at the Graduate Center, room 3209 for

Nature, Utopia, and the Garden with Naomi Jacobs

The garden occupies a special place in utopian representations of […]

]]> 49e8b1447fa66c9e04a854162ee4bcbe Carrie Hintz wrote a new blog post Podcast by Ralph Dumain in the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/05/podcast-by-ralph-dumain/ Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:36:05 -0500 The Utopian Vision of Sándor Szathmári:

 

http://www.thinktwiceradio.com/dumain/dumain.html

 

 

 

 

]]> 9b63d99329d0bc641869b6a3c7673904 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 http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/05/some-resources-in-preparation-for-thursdays-seminar/ Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:37:30 -0500 Hello everyone!  Here are some resources in preparation for Thursday’s seminar:

Ralph Dumain on the “two cultures” and “warring dichotomies” of the mid-twentieth […]

]]> b935d8d4ae6b6b17bc9732c15d2010ac 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 http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/04/dialect-and-slang-as-rhetorical-power-in-feed-and-a-clockwork-orange/ Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:14:37 -0500 “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 […]

]]> 59d039bbacb4bd7c41875b4b2c7ddd84 Patrick Smyth wrote a new blog post Utopia as Transformation in the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/28/utopia-as-transformation/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:28:38 -0500 Utopia 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 […]

]]> 00c03ddcd074cd974b59b8a3886fa998 Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post March 7: Seminar with Ralph Dumain on Voyage to Kazohinia in the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/27/march-7-seminar-with-ralph-dumain-on-voyage-to-kazohinia/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:27:46 -0500 Thumbnail
Join us on Thursday, March 7 for a discussion with Ralph Dumain on Voyage to Kazohinia!
Ralph Dumain will be leading a discussion on Sándor Szathmári‘s Hungarian utopian novel Voyage to Kazohinia— a novel […]

]]> c7461636da2d74ff24120d241ac98a32 Patrick Smyth, PhD joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/191022/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:29:42 -0500 146170c8fa07fc49d2da0ab1caecaa58 Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet wrote a new blog post Welcome! in the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice http://utopianseminar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/04/welcome/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:24:11 -0500 ThumbnailWelcome to the blog for Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: The Utopian Studies Seminar of CUNY.

Here, you will be able to:

– Find out more about our events and meetings

– Access podcasts and exclusive […]

]]> 915a6222a2ae071e3cbc32c59aa4d27b Eleanor Luken joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/186293/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:18:52 -0500 5ff7610f6c87f454281155af224dae08 Dale Katherine Ireland joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/85315/ Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:04:14 -0400 c3b857646f763da5994ed151af98dc6a Kathleen Offenholley joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/85260/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:55:27 -0400 f9bd4abc510c031c0ba3e20a0dbd4ddb Matthew K. Gold (he/him) joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/81608/ Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:03:40 -0400 4f8d44d90f375291c91d763445e2eeb7 Carrie Hintz joined the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/81323/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:10:06 -0400 d4416120f6b9d17a25f11ab5599578c4 Mikayla Zagoria-Moffet created the group Possible Worlds, Alternative Futures: Utopianism in Theory and Practice https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/79509/ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:12:48 -0400