{"id":7519,"date":"2016-10-06T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2016-08-16T15:39:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T19:39:32","slug":"want-to-live-on-a-commune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2016\/10\/06\/want-to-live-on-a-commune\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to live on a Commune?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items recently cataloged from the\u00a0Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection<\/a>.
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What exactly is a Commune? \u00a0I’ll use the words from the Commune :\u00a0Journal of the Commune Movement<\/em> to explore the concept. \u00a0According to Joan (one of the contributors)\u00a0there are<\/p>\n

\"Img0041\"<\/a>many different types of Commune scenes. \u00a0You have therapeutic communes who are\u00a0concerned with curing an ill of their choosing, specifically formed for this one purpose. \u00a0We have “hippy” communes which are characterized by lack of commitment to everything, no economic plan or concern for meeting basic needs. \u00a0Digger communes are focused on independence from society and making an alternate society of their own. \u00a0Ideological communes are focused on a specific ideology such as vegetarianism or religion. \u00a0Then we have the ordinary communes where people think that life is more interesting in large groups and that practical and interpersonal problems may be more easily solved within these groups. \u00a0There is a mixture of people with different ages, beliefs, financial status, sexual orientations, and they are often oriented towards making a craft that can be sold outside the commune. \u00a0Other characteristics are a willingness to contribute to a need of society as a whole but they are typically more interested in creating an alternate economic system.<\/p>\n

\"Img0044\"<\/a>For example this helpful article which\u00a0reveals some basic tips on keeping chickens. \u00a0To keep six chickens you want to have a 6ft by 4ft space which will ideally fit the coop\u00a0and be facing South with plenty of windows to get as much light as possible.<\/p>\n

The object of the Commune movement is clearly stated in each issue: To create a federal society of communities wherein everyone shall be free to do whatever he wishes provided only that he doesn’t transgress the freedom of another.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We discovered three issues that span 1969-1974 and give an interesting look at the evolution of the publication itself. \u00a0Issue no.30 (1969) which is the green cover below is stapled together and most likely produced with\u00a0a typewriter. \u00a0No.37 (1971) has come quite a bit further for it is mass produced, has a table of contents, and contains well-articulated articles such as the one on types of communes I mentioned earlier. \u00a0By the time we reach 1974 with our other issue the greater sophistication is clear with the detailed cover art, illustrations combined with articles, book reviews, and financial details of the organization.<\/p>\n

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To learn more about Commune life you can find\u00a0Communes<\/span> : journal<\/span> of<\/span> the Commune Movement.<\/a>\u00a0Taunton (Somerset) : Commune Movement, 1965- in Widener’s collection.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Alison Harris, Santo Domingo Project Manager for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items recently cataloged from the\u00a0Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. What exactly is a Commune? \u00a0I’ll use the words from the Commune :\u00a0Journal of the Commune Movement to explore the concept. \u00a0According to Joan (one of the contributors)\u00a0there are many different types of Commune scenes. \u00a0You have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[72741],"tags":[128175,142592,72693,159398,159399,5190,72720,16209],"class_list":["post-7519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-widener-library","tag-1960s","tag-1970s","tag-chickens","tag-communes","tag-diggers","tag-hippies","tag-julio-mario-santo-domingo-collection","tag-periodicals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5TUly-1Xh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7519"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7583,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519\/revisions\/7583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}