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The text is a PhD dissertation and does not include a cover

The ethography describes the everyday practices of intentional communities and ecovillages in Western North Carolina, which the author augues produced a cultural critique towards current socioeconomic institutions

Theoretical foundation follows research background introduction, then moves into empirical evidences while constantly connect back to theory

Santiago writes "It (the ethnograhy) introduces the challenge of sustainability and provides context that legitimate the relevance of utopian projects to the modern world". In answering the question "how is the critism of the text performed", Santiago adds there are different scholarly views toward Utopianism. The author presents it"as a transformation according to contemporary values rather than a failure...it presents the modern world as opposed to the object of analysis, to the ethos of the intentional communities".

This sketch proposes to use the project as an educational module for kids "to learn  alternative practices for producing food, building residences, coexisting with theenvironment and with the rest of the community in a sustainable and reciprocal manner". I think it would be a great idea, as many schools have already been participating in promotion of sustainable lifestyle.

I think documentary would be great to capture broader audience and to facilitate contemplation on the relation between modern/utopia lifestyle.