"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 Search | 1996 |
Authors | Dunham, Donald James(b. 1962) |
Date Published | 1996 |
Publisher | Victoria University of Wellington |
Place Published | Welling, New Zealand |
Keywords | Male 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. |
Info Notes | 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. |