Category: Group 1: Tranibors

Utopia is not just a place, it is a built environment. While re-reading my sources, keeping this in mind, I began to interpret my sources a little differently. I began to understand that every detail of the community is supposed

In my primary sources, I get the sense of what people during the time thought Utopia meant. In looking at some Utopian leaders like Robert Owen and Frances Wright, it is clear that they understand a utopia as a place of

I feel that I have learned quite a bit after further researching Robert Owen’s New Harmony community. I have found it almost impossible to talk about New Harmony without comparing and contrasting it Frances Wright’s Nashoba community. I think that adding

What intrigues me about Robert Owen’s New Harmony community is how and why it did not last. We have discussed many examples of utopias and where we have seen elements of utopia throughout history. We have only looked at conceptual ideas of