The Friendship Site was produced by the members of a Spring 2006 seminar at the University of Pennsylvania: English 390, "Friendship." The course explored the history and philosophy of friendship with a particular emphasis on the history of same-sex intimacies and recent rethinking of the social. The class was largely run by the students themselves. Over the course of the semester, pairs of students ran "pedagogical experiments" which often actively involved all members of the class. This website documents the projects and activities that took place in the class. It also makes it possible to extend the scope of the classroom by providing a space for continued communication and a place to build and share new projects.  
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