Students in this class will be examining the relationship between technology and community through literature. What is progress? How has out relationship to technology shaped our culture, and what does this mean for our present and our future? They will be reading selective nonfiction about this relationship while studying dystopian fiction: texts that describe utopias gone wrong. They will examine the way these texts reveal our rears and our values. Along the way, they will propose a tech-free challenge to our community: how does living without modern conveniences affect our interactions? The results of this experiment will be documented and discussed, and students will create narratives that articulate their visions for the ideal coexistence of technology and community.–As pertains to the course description