The Society for Utopian Studies: Disruption, Displacement, and Disorde
The Society for Utopian Studies invites you to submit papers and proposals on the theme, “Disruption, Displacement, and Disorder.” As an interdisciplinary society from its founding, we encourage scholars and practitioners from any academic field to contribute, as well as architects, city planners, artists, musicians whose work relates to utopian thought and possibility, and dystopian realities and visions. Members of intentional communities are also welcome to attend and/or present. Non-theme related papers are welcome.
Subjects:
- Utopian Political Movements and Radicalism
- Literary Utopian Thought and CommunitiesFree Speech and Freedom of Expression
- Intentional Communities and Communes
- Silicon Valley and the Tech Community
- Gentrification and the Future of Urban Living
- Green Movements and Environmentalism
- Immigration, Race, and the City
- Hollywood, Music, and Entertainment
- California Utopian and S/F Writers
There are a number of panels looking for additional papers:
- Interdisciplinarity of Utopian Studies
- Utopia and Individualism
- Neoliberalism: Between Utopia and Dystopia
- Panel on William Gibson’s Works