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American Studies

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A group for SUNY Geneseo students interested in American Studies. Group avatar adapted from ”Spatial Possibilities and Interdictions” by Mingxiu Lin on Flickr. Creative Commons CC-BY 2.0.

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Reader and Text

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All sections of ENGL 203 Reader and Text

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Nolan Parker edited the blog post Posthumanism, Transhumanism and Butler’s Humanism in the group American Studies: 6 years, 8 months ago

Here above is a helpful short post which defines the two fields of thought: Posthumanism and Transhumanism.

Posthumanism is a term I have been using a lot in casual conversation. Now that I’ve looked it up to flesh out this blog post, I’m finding my definition was awfully limited. Apparently there’s up to seven definitions of the term (acco…[Read more]
Nolan Parker edited the blog post David Huggins is the most relaxed alien abductee you’ve ever seen in the group American Studies: 6 years, 8 months ago

David Huggins is a painter from Hoboken, NJ, whose work is primarily dedicated to illustrating his lifelong experiences as an alien abductee. The experiences he describes and paints are not unlike the established alien script that’s been propagated throughout America for over half a century. The way I see it, that’s just as much a reason to b…[Read more]
Nolan Parker edited the blog post The Amish and Community (an earlier post revised) in the group American Studies: 6 years, 8 months ago

I don’t know how I feel about the Amish. I don’t know if it’s fair to bring someone into that lifestyle without their consent. This might sound like a familiar dilemma to my classmates.

First, allow me to clarify that when I say “that lifestyle,” I do not wish to insinuate I have anything close to first hand experience the way an actual Ami…[Read more]
Nolan Parker edited the blog post Cooperatives and Butler’s Communities pt. 1 (revised) in the group American Studies: 6 years, 8 months ago

The Rochdale principles are a set of guidelines on how to operate a cooperative. They date back to 1844 when they were first drafted and enacted by the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in Rochdale, England. They are as follows:

Voluntary and open membership

Anti-discrimination

Motivations and rewards

Democratic member…[Read more]
Nolan Parker edited the blog post Cooperatives and Butler’s Communities pt. 2 in the group American Studies: 6 years, 8 months ago

Remember those Rochdale Principles I wrote about in that earlier post? Here they are again:

Voluntary and open membership

Anti-discrimination

Motivations and rewards

Democratic member control

Member economic participation

Autonomy and independence

Education, training and information

Cooperation among cooperatives

Concern…[Read more]
nopark wrote a new blog post Cooperatives and Butler’s Communities (part 1) in the group American Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

The Rochdale principles are a set of guidelines on how to operate a cooperative. They date back to 1844 when they were first drafted and enacted by the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in Rochdale, England. […]
Nolan Harrison Parker wrote a new blog post The Amish and Community in the group American Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

I think I’m talking about the Amish. Something about how I don’t know how I feel about them. I don’t know if it’s fair to bring someone into that lifestyle without their consent. This might sound like a familia […]

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