TITLE: “The Jaspar Colony: A German Utopia on the Iowa Prairie”
PRESENTER: Peter Hoehnle, Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development

TITLE: “The Changing Nature of the Hutterite Family”
PRESENTER: Suzanne R. Smith, Washington State University

TITLE: “Amish Cultural Boundaries in Health Care”
PRESENTER: Marie Brault, Grinnell College

1-B. After Eden: The Journey to Aurora
Location: Aurora Presbyterian Church
Presiding: Patrick Harris, Aurora Colony Historical Society

TITLE: “The Pre-Keil Years at Economy and Phillipsburg”
PRESENTER: Eileen Aiken English, Old Economy Village

 TITLE: “Images of Bethel”        
PRESENTER: Don Janzen

TITLE: “From Phillipsburg to Aurora – The Wagner Family Story”
PRESENTER: David Wagner, M.D., Harmony/Aurora Descendant

1-C. Indiana Shakers, and Printing at the Shaker and Home Communities
Location: Christ Lutheran Church
Presiding: Lawrence Foster, Georgia Institute of Technology

TITLE: “Eden in a Swamp: The Indiana Shaker Experience, 1809-1827”
PRESENTER: Carol Medlicott, Northern Kentucky University

TITLE: “Henry Clay Blinn: Shaker Printer in The Era of Manifestations”
PRESENTER: Christian Goodwillie, Hamilton College

TITLE: “Discontent: A "Virtual" Community at Home, Washington”
PRESENTER: Holly Folk, Western Washington University

12:00 p.m. -- Lunch -- Pythian Hall

12:45 p.m. -- Business Meeting -- Pythian Hall

1:30 p.m. -- Guided Tours of Aurora Village
Assemble at Old Colony Museum

1:30-3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions, A, B, and C

2-A. Oregon Women’s Land
Location: Aurora Presbyterian Church
Presiding:

TITLE: “Our Communities, Ourselves:  Seeking Gender-Specific Utopia in Oregon”
PRESENTER: Jim Kopp, Lewis & Clark College

TITLE: “Narration on Women’s Land”
PRESENTER: Rebecca Sprinson, University of Oregon

 TITLE: “Arts and Crafts In Oregon’s Women’s Land”
PRESENTER: Linda Long, University of Oregon

2-B. Sustainability and Intentional Communities:  Session A: Ecovillages
Location: Aurora Presbyterian Church
Presiding: Heather Van Wormer, Grand Valley State University

TITLE: “Living Laboratories for Sustainability: An Overview of the Global Ecovillage Movement”
PRESENTER: Joshua Lockyer, Washington University in St. Louis

TITLE: “Ecovillages and Capitalism: Living Sustainably within An Unsustainable Context”
PRESENTER: Karen Litfin, University of Washington

TITLE: “A Whole New Way of Life: Systems Theory in the Global Ecovillage Movement”
PRESENTER: Ted Baker, York University  

2-C. Hippies, Transcendence and Gatherings
Location: Christ Lutheran Church
Presiding:

TITLE: “Making and Breaking the Stereotype: Hippies and the Farm”
 PRESENTER: Stephanie Schroeder, North Carolina State University

TITLE: “The Unconscious Frontier: Stephen Gaskin, LSD and Temporary Communities of Transcendence”
 PRESENTER: Morgan Shipley, Michigan State University

TITLE: “Before Facebook: The Role of Gatherings in Inter-communal Communications in the Later 20th Century”
PRESENTER: Steven Reed Johnson, Portland State University

2-D. Communal Videos-I
Location: Pythian Hall
Presiding: Caroline Estes, Alpha Farm

“Visions of Utopia II” (first half)

3:00 p.m. -- Break
Refreshments: Pythian Hall, Presbyterian Church, & Christ Lutheran Church

3:30 p.m. -- Guided Tours of Aurora Village
Assemble at Old Colony Museum

3-A. Sustainability and Intentional Communities – Session B:  Beyond the Ecovillage Movement
Location: Aurora Presbyterian Church
Presiding: Joshua Lockyer, Washington University in St. Louis

TITLE: “What Can Amana Teach Us About Sustainable Communities?”
PRESENTER: Jon Andelson, Grinnell College

TITLE: “Belief, Behavior, and Buildings: Sustainability at Mary’s City of David”
PRESENTER: Heather Van Wormer, Grand Valley State University

TITLE: “The Earth or the Pocketbook?: An Examination of Ideological Tools Used to Reconcile Beliefs with Action”
PRESENTER: Jade Aguilar, Willamette University 

3-B. Sustainability and Intentional Communities – Session B:  Beyond the Ecovillage Movement
Location: Lutheran Church – Main Floor
Presiding:

TITLE: “A World of Tangible Things: Material Culture of the American Commune”
PRESENTER: Paul Douglas, Towson University

TITLE: “Archiving Intentional Communities”
PRESENTER: Jennifer Greene, University of Southern Indiana

TITLE: “A Photo Journey into Peoples Temple”
PRESENTER: Laura Kohl, Former Member, Peoples Temple and Synanon

3-B. Mormons and Metaphysics
Location: Lutheran Church – Basement
Presiding:        

TITLE: “New Perspectives on Early Mormon Communitarianism”
PRESENTER: Grant Underwood, Brigham Young University

TITLE: “Was Early Mormon Millennialism Politically Revolutionary?: A Comparative Analysis of a Controversial New Religious Movement"
PRESENTER: Lawrence Foster, Georgia Institute of Technology

TITLE: “Metaphysical Community: Marie Ogden and the Home of Truth”
PRESENTER: Stanley Thayne, University of North Carolina

3-D. Communal Videos-II
Location: Pythian Hall
Presiding: Caroline Estes, Alpha Farm

“Visions of Utopia II” (second half)

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5:00     Reception       Keil House
Join us for some Oregon beers and wines at the historic Keil House and listen to some Colony music.  Bus service from the Old Aurora Colony Museum to the Keil House will run from 5:00-6:30.

6:30     Dinner            Pythian Hall
Hosted and served by the Aurora Colony Historical Society.

8:00     Candelight Tour of Aurora Village
Join the Aurora Colonists as they await the arrival of Charles Nordhoff who is coming to document the Aurora experience.

9:00     Hospitality Suite        Holiday Inn

Saturday, October 3, 2009

7:30     Registration and Book Display
Aurora Colony Museum

8:30     Self-guided tours of Aurora Village

8:30     Session 4-A     Aurora Presbyterian Church

            Defining Community in the 21st Century

            Presiding: Jim Kopp, Lewis & Clark College

“Definitions Again: Just What Is An Intentional Community?”
Timothy Miller, University of Kansas

            “Examining the Greenhouse Model of Eldercare as an Intentional Community: Does Communal Studies Need a Taxonomy?”
Deborah Altus, Washburn University

“So, What’s All the Fuss About Cohousing?”
Craig Ragland, Cohousing Association of the United States

8:30     Session 4-B     Lutheran Church – Main Floor

            Cascadia Communities

            Presiding:

            “Eden’s Edutopia”
Understanding Israel, Argosy University

            “From the Power of Place to the Power of Community: Three Moments in the Story of Breitenbush Hot Springs”
            Margaret Critchlow, York University

            ‘The Cottages Community of Sitka, Alaska”
            Ryan Madden, Linfield College

8:30     Session 4-C     Pythian Hall

            Communal Videos-III

            Presiding: 

            “Back to the Garden”

10:00   Break
Refreshments: Presbyterian Church, Pythian Hall & Christ Lutheran Church

10:30   Guided Tours of Aurora Village
Assemble at Old Colony Museum

10:30   Session 5-A     Aurora Presbyterian Church

            The Kibbutz in America: Comparisons and Emulations

            Presiding:

            “Boom then Bust? A Comparison of the Fall of Kibbutz HaMeuhad with the Dissipation of American Fourierist Phalanxes”
Bruce Kaplan, Boston

            “An American Kibbutz: Rancho Bracero, Our Land Self Help Corporation, UniFam and Rodger McAfee’s calling to build community in Central California.”
Morgan E. Bowen, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Seminary and Institute

10:30   Session 5-B     Lutheran Church – Main Floor

Intent on Art in the Non-intentional Community of CPS 56, Waldport, Oregon: World War II Conscientious Objectors Devote Their Lives in Conscription to Art

            Panel Presentation:

            Jeremy Skinner, Lewis & Clark College
            Katrine Barber, Portland State University
            Eliza E. Canty-Jones, Oregon Historical Society

10:30   Session 5-C     Lutheran Church – Basement

            Divine Light, B. F. Skinner and San Francisco Zen

            Presiding:  Jon Andelson, Grinnell College

             “The Emissary of the Divine Light: First Person Observations”
Sandy Jensen, Lane Community College

“The Expert and the Community: B. F. Skinner and the Twin Oaks Experiment”
Michelle Smith, Penn State University

“San Francisco Zen Center: Community and Spiritual Practice”
Jordan Scheibel, Grinnell College

10:30   Session 5-D     Pythian Hall

            Communal Videos-IV

            Presiding: 

            “It Takes A Cult”

12:00   Lunch             Pythian Hall

            Lunch Speaker:           Jane Kirkpatrick

1:30     CSA Auction Pythian Hall

3:00     Closing Plenary         Pythian Hall

            A Communal Fish Bowl

            “The Sometimes Heretical Opinions of a Long-time Communitarian Regarding Membership Issues”
Tree Bressen, Communal Facilitator

            Respondents:  TBD (members from several Oregon communal groups)

5:30     Reception       Holiday Inn

6:30     Closing Banquet and Awards Ceremony
Holiday Inn

            Presiding:  Heather Van Wormer, CSA President

            CSA Awards

            Preview of 2010 Conference Site
Matt Grow, Univ. of Southern Indiana

9:00     Hospitality Suite       

Sunday, October 4, 2009

10:00   Post-Conference Tour  --  Portland’s Communal Landscape
Tour of communal groups in Portland, plus a visit to Powell’s City of Books.

10:00   Brunch in Eden
Enjoy a pleasant post-conference brunch at the home of Jim and Sue Kopp that overlooks the city of Aurora.

1:00     Free tours of the Aurora Village for conferees who show their name tags

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