Paper details:

Select a representation of a utopia/dystopia (can be a painting, piece of music, an album, a TV series, movie, novel, political campaign, advertising campaign) that presents a utopian or dystopian vision. The paper will: 1) describe the utopia 2) make explicit connections between the utopia and at least 2 key disciplinary ways of analyzing utopias (such as philosophy, history, religious studies, fine arts, literary studies, and/or media studies); and 3) be between 600-750 words, in a standard 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1-in margins, and in a standard serif font, such as Times New Roman. Suggested Topics: Afro-futurisms The Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler The Matrix The Black Panther The Handmaid’s Tale (novel or TV series) The Neverending Story (novel, but not the movie) The Hunger Games and otherhkzs! This is by no means exhaustive.