"A Plan for Wellington until the Destruction: Utopic Excavations at the Palisade"

Title"A Plan for Wellington until the Destruction: Utopic Excavations at the Palisade"
Year for Search1996
AuthorsDunham, Donald James(b. 1962)
Date Published1996
PublisherVictoria University of Wellington
Place PublishedWelling, New Zealand
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Plans for a future Wellington, New Zealand. The thesis is divided into two parts, the first surveying the history of utopian planning, the second (101-23) describing fictionally a future Wellington that has arisen after an earthquake. In this section, there are two main flawed utopias. The City is a technological eutopia with an extremely harsh criminal code. The Island is completely non-technological, with no electricity. On the Island nine leaders are chosen by lot to serve for 27 days only. There are communal meals every day. Most of the inhabitants of the Island are people who broke one of the many City laws and chose to live permanently on the Island rather than undergoing The Penalty (being blinded and crippled), which is the only other punishment in the City. Another island which serves as a refuge for women and animals is briefly mentioned.

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MArch. Thesis

Holding Institutions

VUW

Author Note

(b. 1962)

Full Text

1996 Dunham, Donald James (b. 1962). “A Plan for Wellington until the Destruction: Utopic Excavations at the Palisade.” MArch. thesis. Victoria University of Wellington.

Plans for a future Wellington, New Zealand. The thesis is divided into two parts, the first surveying the history of utopian planning, the second (101-23) describing fictionally a future Wellington that has arisen after an earthquake. In this section, there are two main flawed utopias. The City is a technological eutopia with an extremely harsh criminal code. The Island is completely non-technological, with no electricity. On the Island nine leaders are chosen by lot to serve for 27 days only. There are communal meals every day. Most of the inhabitants of the Island are people who broke one of the many City laws and chose to live permanently on the Island rather than undergoing The Penalty (being blinded and crippled), which is the only other punishment in the City. Another island which serves as a refuge for women and animals is briefly mentioned.