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CSA 2021 Preliminary Program Communal Studies Association Virtual Conference Program Wednesday, September 29 – Saturday, October 2, 2021 In Collaboration with the Foundation for Intentional Community Sessions Schedule Overview: All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (US) Wed., Sept. 29 Thur., Sept. 30 Fri., Oct. 1 Sat., Oct. 2 A: 10:00‐11:15 G: 10:00‐11:15 M: 10:00‐11:15 Opening Remarks, Arthur Morgan Communal Societies Keynote Family and ICs Through Outside Eyes B: 11:30‐12:45 H: 11:30‐12:45 N: 11:30‐12:45 The CSA, the FIC, Perspectives on and LDS Communalism and COVID in of Early American Communities Communal Societies C: 1:00‐2:15 I: 1:00‐2:15 O: 1:00‐2:15 Sustainability in ICs BIPOC Experiences in New Harmony, ICs Fourierism, and Arts & Crafts 2:30‐5:30 D: 2:30‐3:45 J: 2:30‐3:45 P: 2:30‐3:45 Virtual Tour of Inclusivity in ICs Communal Studies Center for Communal Dancing Rabbit Book Review Panel Studies Roundtable Ecovillage E: 4:00‐5:15 K: 4:00‐5:15 Q: 4:00‐5:15 Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage Panel Women‐Centered ICs Membership in ICs Young People in Discussion and Q&A Community F: 5:30‐6:45 L: 5:30‐6:45 R: 5:30‐6:45 Individual Leaders in Sustainability and Theories of 18th and 19th Century Restorative Justice at Community Communities Earthaven Ecovillage 7:00‐8:30 7:00‐8:30 7:00‐8:30 7:00‐8:30 Opening Remarks & Business Meeting & Auction Break Out Rooms for Introductions Awards Ceremony Happy Hour All times are Eastern Daylight Time (US) CSA 2021 Preliminary Program Sessions Overview with Paper Titles and Speaker Names WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 2:30‐5:30: Virtual Tour of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage Panel Discussion and Q&A ($20 Pre‐Registration Required) 7:00‐8:30: Opening Remarks and Introductions (All are welcome and encouraged to attend) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 A: 10:00‐11:15: Keynote Session We hear you: Recognizing and embracing calls for inclusion, diversity, and social justice in intentional communities Tendai Chitewere, San Francisco State University Moderator: Joshua Lockyer B: 11:30‐12:45: Introducing the CSA and the FIC; COVID in Communities Introduction and Overview of the Communal Studies Association Susan Love Brown, Communal Studies Association President Thomas Guiler, Communal Studies Association Vice President Introduction and Update from the Foundation for Intentional Community Cynthia Tina, Foundation for Intentional Community Intentional Communities and COVID Cynthia Tina, Foundation for Intentional Community "Community? Now, more than ever" – Intentional communities and the challenge of corona virus Doron Timor, Yad Tabenkin Institute Moderator: All times are Eastern Daylight Time (US) CSA 2021 Preliminary Program C: 1:00‐2:15 Sustainability in Intentional Communities Measuring and exploring environmental sustainability in UK cohousing and coliving communities Penny Clark, University of Westminster Poop and Friendshit: How Composting Human Poop Strengthens Human Ties Helen Zuman, 2020 CSA Book Award Winner Living with Animals: MOVE and Multi‐Species Liberation Katheryn Lawson, University of Delaware Moderator: D: 2:30‐3:45 Inclusivity in Intentional Communities Bryn Gweled: A Sustainable Experiment in Racial and Religious Inclusivity Alison Bass, West Virginia University (retired) “The Rich, the Poor, the Outcast and the Pampered of the World": Inclusion and Exclusion in the Israelite House of David Evelyn Sterne, University of Rhode Island The Challenges of Inclusion in Community Crystal Byrd Farmer, Foundation for Intentional Community Moderator: E: 4:00‐5:15 Women‐Centered Intentional Communities Utopian Power: Alternative Lesbian Activism in the Intentional Communities of Womyn’s Land Cheryl Coulthard, Communal Studies Association Board Member Women Living Communally Lorraine Duvall, independent author The Safe House as an Intentional Community Nicola Pearson, independent author and playwright Moderator: All times are Eastern Daylight Time (US) CSA 2021 Preliminary Program F: 5:30‐6:45 Individual Leaders in 18th and 19th Century Communities A Winter with Ursula: Who Was She and Why Should We Care? Emilie Hoppe, Amana Church Society Joseph Bimeler is Missing! An Examination of Zoar's Emigration Records Kathleen M. Fernandez, Communal Studies Association Executive Director Queen Esther in America Julieanna Frost, Siena Heights University Moderator: 7:00‐8:30 Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 G: 10:00‐11:15 The Arthur Morgan Family and Intentional Communities Arthur Morgan and the Founding of Celo Community: Some Complexities and Contradictions Regarding Sustainability, Justice, and Inclusivity Joshua Lockyer, Arkansas Tech University The Morgan Family, Camphill, and the Symbiosis of College and Community Dan McKanan, Harvard Divinity School Griscom Morgan’s Work Promoting Intentional Community Don Hollister, Miami Township Trustee in Yellow Springs, OH Moderator: All times are Eastern Daylight Time (US) CSA 2021 Preliminary Program H: 11:30‐12:45 Perspectives on and of Early American Communal Societies William A. Hinds’s American Communities 1878‐1908: Changing Perspectives on Community Stability Christa Shusko, Communal Studies Association Board Member "[An] Establishment of Order and Prosperity": Moravian Material Culture Through the Eyes of Outsiders Chris Malone, CSA Fellowship Award Winner “In a deep shaded forest”: Landscape narratives and native spirits in the Shaker Era of Manifestations Carol Medlicott, Northern Kentucky University Moderator: I: 1:00‐2:15 BIPOC Experiences in Intentional Communities Discussion Panel Zarinah Andrew, District Commons Steve Fuji, Shining Star Ecovillage Crystal Byrd Farmer, Foundation for Intentional Community Maps Bolt Cozetta Lamore Myra Miller Moderator: J: 2:30‐3:45 Communal Studies Book Review Panel Finding God through Yoga: Neumann's Study of Yoga in America Susan Love Brown, Florida Atlantic University A Triumph of the Commons? 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