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SEMINÁRIO LER TOMAS MORUS 501 ANOS DEPOIS
Anualmente o LAPPAP/UFRGS tem realizado um seminário em torno do campo dos estudos utópicos reunindo os trabalhos dos alunos que cursaram...
Utopia 500
Apr 19, 20171 min read
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FOLIO 2016: Utopia & the Usefulness of the Useless
"In all the cities of the world, it is the same... The universal and modern man is the man in a rush, a man who has no time, who is a...
Marta Barreiro
Oct 6, 20162 min read
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Cities and Memory: Sounds of Utopia
The aim of the project Cities and Memory: Utopia is to create a soundtrack for the imaginary land described by Thomas More in his work of...
Ana Souto Villanustre
Sep 26, 20161 min read
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Terra Madre Salone del Gusto
The world meeting of Slow Food lovers is back this year! If you want to learn more about respectful and sustainable nutrition while...
Marta Barreiro
Sep 14, 20161 min read
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Time Banks: Banking as if Time Mattered
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde wrote: “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing”. More than a...
Marta Barreiro
Aug 19, 20161 min read
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Haste Makes Waste: Slow Down, Please!
“Dress me slower, please, I am in a hurry”, that was the advice that King Fernando VII told to his assistant, as he did not succeed in...
Marta Barreiro
Aug 11, 20162 min read
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The Minimalists: how to get rid of your stuff while improving our world
In More’s Utopia, Raphael Hythloday is asked to become a king’s adviser, a position that would, supposedly, make him richer and happier....
Marta Barreiro/Matthew
Aug 5, 20162 min read
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EurSafe 2016
The13th Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics will take place in 2016 at the University of Porto, Portugal....
Qi
Aug 3, 20161 min read
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Utopian economics: Christian Felber and the Economy for the Common Good
Have you ever dreamt of an economy for all? Do you think that an economic system which could contribute to both society and the...
Marta Barreiro
Jul 28, 20162 min read
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Ecotopia: A Sustainable Vision For A Better Future
Date and venue: 17/09/2016, London, UK Ecotopia is a multi-sensory installation exploring the appeal of Utopian thinking in envisaging a...
Petra/Matthew
Jul 26, 20162 min read
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Leuven Citywide Festival: Utopia Leuven
LEUVEN: CITYWIDE FESTIVAL Leuven celebrates Thomas More: an array of special events Date: 24.09.2016-- 17.01.2017 Leuven celebrates More:...
Qi/Petra Švob/Matthew Palacazy
Jul 19, 20162 min read
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After Orlando: Hope for a Better World
The night of June 12th transformed from a regular Saturday evening into a terrible nightmare for the visitors of the Pulse nightclub in...
Petra Švob
Jun 15, 20162 min read
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Lisa Casali: an Eco-friendly utopian
When the English philosopher Thomas More, wrote his book Utopia in 1516, he also coined the word “utopia”. As it comes from the Greek...
Martina Conti
Jun 15, 20163 min read
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utopia:dystopia
utopia:dystopia is a series of exhibitions and events in the city of Bath, inspired by the 500th anniversary of the publication of Utopia...
Qi Sun
May 31, 20162 min read
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Billions in Change
In a world where most people can’t imagine living without the internet, more than half the human population still does not have power. In...
Anna Sikora / Matthew Palackzy (Proofreader)
May 31, 20163 min read
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