Susan / Kris

Jo Powell has done work on this in the Australian context:

Utopia, millenium and the co-operative ideal: a behavioural matrix in the
settlement process
Australian Geographer 11, 1971, pp 606-618

An Australian Utopia
Australian Geographer 12, 1973, pp 328-33

You might also look at his and others' work on post WW1 soldier settlement
in rural Australia, because some of the foundation ideology of that is based
on a watered down socialist-agrarian utiopian fancy.  Some of these places
made living on a stalinist collective farm seem like a move up in the world.

There has been a reasonable amount of historical work done on the Australian
settlement in Paraguay, esp Gavin Souter's Peculiar Peoples book.

I excavated a site [and found bugger all] that was associated with the
followers of William Chidley, pioneering toga wearer and vegetarian nudist
sex campaigner in suburban Sydney in early 20th century Sydney.  They'd
sunbathe in the raw in their backyard which faced on to the North Shore rail
line.

there is also an excellent overview of historical commune / collectivist
architecture in the US by:

Dolores Hayden
Seven American utopias
?mid-late 1970s.

Denis

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Briggs" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:23 PM
Subject: utopian pioneer settlements


>A fellow collegue asked me to post this for him. If you want to post to the
> list rather than to him directly I can forward the info.
> Susan Briggs
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm searching for studies of nineteenth and early twentieth century
> utopian
> pioneer settlements, either religious (eg. Mormon, Shaker, etc.) or
> secular
> (socialist/ communist).  Sites in Australia are preferred, but sites in
> America, Canada, New Zealand, or other countries with similar traditions
> may
> also be helpful.  I'm interested specifically in archaeological studies
> rather
> than historical treatises.  If you have references or comments, please
> contact
> me at [log in to unmask]
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
>
> Kris Farmen
> Flinders University
>
>