PPT-Utopia vs. Dystopia

Before you create your own Utopia have a look at the original Utopia An ideally perfect place especially in its social political and moral aspects Named after an imaginary island nation invented by Thomas More in his book called . Ursula Le Guin. The purpose of a thought-experiment, as the term was used by Schrodinger’s and other physicists, is not to predict the . future— . . . but to . describe reality, the present world. Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive.. INTRODUCTION SARA DIAMOND EUPHORIA & DYSTOPIA: THE BANFF NEW MEDIA INSTITUTE DIALOGUES SARA DIAMOND Literature. What is a utopia?. The prefix . u-. . means “no” or “not”. The suffix . -. topia. . means “place”. A utopia is a society with ideal perfection in laws, government, and social living conditions.. Webquest. Your Name Here. Ms. Smith. Period . Date in . MLA Format. Introduction . You will spend today and tomorrow researching the following sites to gather information on the ideas and elements related to utopias/dystopias.. Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Literature. Birkbeck, University of London. . Utopian Collective . . . Futures. The Literary Utopia. Tommaso. . Campanella. , . City of the Sun. (1602). Thomas More, . Imagine – John Lennon. Imagine. . Take out . a sheet of loose leaf!. Flow writing for 5 minutes……put your pen to the paper . Definition. Utopia:. is a name for an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. . By Trajan Harris and Jesus Juarez. Utopia. Often considered an imaginary place. A perfect society. Established laws, governments, and societies that were considered ideal . The ideal utopian society. Dystopia. Dys. = bad. Topia. = place. What’s the opposite of a . dystopia. ?. Dystopia. In literature, a dystopia is a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a . Pros and Cons. Argument Mini-Unit. Lisa Johnson. Lincoln County Middle School. Language Arts. Lessons created using a process developed by the . National Project i3 College Ready Writers Program funded by the Department of Education.. Dr Caroline Edwards. Senior Lecturer . in Modern & Contemporary Literature. Birkbeck, University of London. People line up outside the . Postscheckamt. in Berlin to withdraw their deposits in July 1931. Utopias. . and . Dystopias. from the Muslim World. dsd. Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad. Founder and Editor. Islam and Science Fiction Project. Center for Data Science. Department of Computer Science. University of Washington. Huxley. Introduction Lecture.  . What . does the “perfect” or “ideal” society look like? How does it function?. “O wonder!. How many goodly creatures are there here! . How beauteous mankind is! O, brave new world. Amie . Rott. Megan Buckler. Who was Robert Owen?. Born May 14. th. , 1771 in Newtown, Wales. Died November 17th, 1858 in Newtown, Wales. Advocated for socialism. Notorious for his community experiments which Owen designed in hopes of having a Utopian society. Lois Lowry’s novel, . The Giver. , is part of a long literary tradition in which writers attempt to describe the perfect society. Ancient Greek philosopher Plato probably envisioned the first Utopian society in Plato’s Republic, written 350 B.C.E. .