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	<title>Civic Studies &#187; Utopia</title>
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		<title>The Slow Work of Co-Creation</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2017/02/the-slow-work-of-co-creation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For my Social Network class, I&#8217;ve been reading a lot about processes of homophily and group polarization. A lot of the literature is discouraging. People tend to self-sort into like-minded groups, groups tend to gravitate towards the pre-deliberation mean, and people tend to disregard or deride information they see as coming from a different group. [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2017/02/the-slow-work-of-co-creation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hope and Utopia</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2016/07/hope-and-utopia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a common sentiment that hope is required for&#160;social action. We must hold on to hope. We must not give in to despair. Perhaps it is simply the contrarian in me, but I cannot help but sigh when hearing these&#160;exhortations. We must hold on to hope? Why? On the surface, I suppose it seem [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2016/07/hope-and-utopia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to Be Human</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2016/07/learning-to-be-human/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Public and its Problems, John Dewey writes: To learn to be human is to develop through the give-and-take of communication an effective sense of being an individually distinctive member of a community; one who understands and appreciates its beliefs, desires and methods, and who contributes to a further conversion of organic powers into [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2016/07/learning-to-be-human/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Process-Model Utopia</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2016/07/process-model-utopia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Task of Utopia, Erin McKenna argues in favor of a &#8220;process-model&#8221; of utopia.&#160;This vision is built largely upon the work of John Dewey, who dreams of democracy &#8220;as a method of living by which individuals are fully engaged in the experience that is their lives.&#8221; We must move away from considering &#8220;end-state&#8221; models [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2016/07/process-model-utopia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Utopia and High Modernism</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2016/06/utopia-and-high-modernism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently started Erin McKenna&#8217;s The Task of Utopia, which thoughtfully explores and compares numerous utopian visions. Primarily, she critiques the popular conception of utopia as a static, end-state, vision, arguing instead for a process model of utopia. What makes this commentary so compelling is that McKenna deftly dismisses both proponents and detractors of this [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2016/06/utopia-and-high-modernism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Behinity</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2016/06/embracing-behinity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the week, I&#8217;ve been reflecting on&#160;S&#225;ndor Szathm&#225;ri&#8217;s great work of social satire,&#160;Voyage to Kazohinia. The&#160;work critiques a number of social institutions, but largely seems to focus on a broader question: is an ideal society one at equilibrium or one which embraces extremes? Szathm&#225;ri presents this question by introducing us, through the shipwrecked Englishman Gulliver, [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2016/06/embracing-behinity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Equilibrium vs. Extremes: Rejecting the Premise</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2016/06/equilibrium-vs-extremes-rejecting-the-premise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my post yesterday I posed a question raised by S&#225;ndor Szathm&#225;ri&#8217;s&#160;Voyage to Kazohinia:&#160;Is an ideal society one at equilibrium or one which embraces extremes? In Kazohinia &#8211;&#160;as well as in some other social satires &#8211; these opposite choices are presented as mutually exclusive; a society can not have both. Both options seem to have [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2016/06/equilibrium-vs-extremes-rejecting-the-premise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Equilibrium, Madness, and Utopia</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2016/06/equilibrium-madness-and-utopia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to have the good without the bad?&#160;Does beauty create ugliness and does love beget hate? These questions are often explored in dystopian fiction, but&#160;Szathm&#225;ri S&#225;ndor&#8217;s&#160;Voyage to Kazohinia&#160;is notable in its resounding answer. Yes, these opposites endlessly create each other, Szathm&#225;ri argues, and thus is it better to have neither. It is better [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2016/06/equilibrium-madness-and-utopia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kazo</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2016/05/kazo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 21:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading&#160;Voyage to Kazohinia by Hungarian author&#160;Szathm&#225;ri S&#225;ndor.&#160;It&#8217;s a great book, and I highly recommend picking up a copy.&#160;As it turns out, the full English text is also available online. So you really should go read it. I have a lot of reflections after reading this striking social satire and expect to be [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2016/05/kazo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Politics in an Ideal World</title>
		<link>http://sarahshugars.com/2016/04/politics-in-an-ideal-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Shugars]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, a friend asked me why anyone would want to engage in politics for politics&#8217; sake. We worry about such things because we have to, but wouldn&#8217;t it be better, in some theoretical, ideal world, if we didn&#8217;t have to? Imagine, for a moment, a perfect world; a society so flawless that it [&#8230;] <a href="http://sarahshugars.com/2016/04/politics-in-an-ideal-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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