Latin America and the Caribbean: Cultures and Societies

Class Schedule

Class Schedule: 

Week 1

1/2 

Introduction

1/3 Indigenous Cultures

Discussion:

Pachamama (Juan Antín, 2018) (Watch at home)

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Brewer, Steward. “Pre-Colombian Cultures.” In Latin American History Goes to the Movies. Routledge, 2024. (Pages 14-21)

Week 2

1/6 No Zoom Session

Asynchronous Screening:

Even the Rain (Icíar Bollaín, 2010)

1/7 The Legacies of Colonialism and Indigenous Resistance

Discussion:

Even the Rain (Icíar Bollaín, 2010)

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Césaire, Aimé. Discourse on Colonialism. Monthly Review Press, 2000. (Excerpt)

Presentations:

A

Azon Cabrera,Hamilton Gabriel

John,Nashauna

Kelly,Yshara

B

Reyes,Tomas

Torres,Fatima Licet

1/8 No Zoom Session 

Asynchronous Screening:

Quilombo (Carlos Diegues, 1984)

1/9 Afro Resistance and Marronage

Discussion:

Quilombo (Carlos Diegues, 1984)

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Brewer, Steward. “The African Atlantic Slave Trade In Latin America.” In Latin American History Goes to the Movies. Routledge, 2024. (Pages 74-82)

Presentations:

A

Biba,Sonilda

Bodden,Phashely

Borosan,Viktoria

B

Jimenez Ortiz,Diana

Kirchner,Sean Xiao

1/10 Afro-Spirituality

Synchronous Screening and discussion:

Faith in Blackness (Charles Reynoso, 2023)

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Brewer, Steward. “Religion in Latin America.” In Latin American History Goes to the Movies. Routledge, 2024. (Pages 107-110)

Week 3

1/13 Social Justice and Revolutions

Discussion:

The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) (Watch at home)

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Brewer, Steward. “Revolutionary Latin America.” In Latin American History Goes to the Movies. Routledge, 2024. (Pages 87-97)

1/14 No Zoom Session.

Playlist Project Working Session

1/15 No Zoom session.

The Playlist Project is due via email by 5:00 pm.

Group 1

Azon Cabrera,Hamilton Gabriel

John,Nashauna

Kelly,Yshara

Reyes,Tomas

Torres,Fatima Licet

Group 2

Biba,Sonilda

Bodden,Phashely

Borosan,Viktoria

Jimenez Ortiz,Diana

Kirchner,Sean Xiao

Group 3

Bain,Nada C

Cha,Gabriel

Costabile,Jake Robert

Gibbons,Charles

Group 4

Golding,Taliyah

Kaur,Jasleen

Kazi,Tamanna

Lopez,Cindy Marilyn

Group 5

Mariano Peralta,Wilver

Remache,Joselito J

Sandoval Robles,Giovanni

Yazdan,Melody

1/16 Nation Building and Modernization Projects

Discussion:

La Brega: “Levitown Where the Good Life Begins” (Listen at home)

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Cardona Morales, Cezanne. “Sofa.” World Literature Today: The City Issue: San Juan, Puerto Rico. Autumn 2020.

Presentations:

A

Group 3

Bain,Nada C

Cha,Gabriel

B

Costabile,Jake Robert

Gibbons,Charles

1/17 Gender, Patriarchy, and Anti-colonial Spirituality

Discussion:

Fresh Air: “​​Poet Safiya Sinclair reflects on her Rastafari roots and how she cut herself free.”  (Listen at home)

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Sinclair, Safiya. How to Say Babylon. Simon and Schuster, 2023.  (Excerpt)

Presentations:

A

Golding,Taliyah

Kaur,Jasleen

B

Kazi,Tamanna

Lopez,Cindy Marilyn

Week 4

1/20 College Closed

1/21 Anti-Colonial Rebel Music

Discussion:

Marley (Kevin Macdonald, 2012) (Watch at home)

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Chang, Jeff. “Sipple Out Deh: Jamaican Roots Generation and the Cultural Turn.” Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation. Picador, 2005.

Presentations:

A

Mariano Peralta,Wilver

Remache,Joselito J

B

Sandoval Robles,Giovanni

Yazdan,Melody

1/22 

Conclusion + Group Presentations

1/23 No Zoom Session

The Podcast Project is due via email by 5:00 pm.

Group 1

Azon Cabrera,Hamilton Gabriel

John,Nashauna

Kelly,Yshara

Reyes,Tomas

Torres,Fatima Licet

Group 2

Biba,Sonilda

Bodden,Phashely

Borosan,Viktoria

Jimenez Ortiz,Diana

Kirchner,Sean Xiao

Group 3

Bain,Nada C

Cha,Gabriel

Costabile,Jake Robert

Gibbons,Charles

Group 4

Golding,Taliyah

Kaur,Jasleen

Kazi,Tamanna

Lopez,Cindy Marilyn

Group 5

Mariano Peralta,Wilver

Remache,Joselito J

Sandoval Robles,Giovanni

Yazdan,Melody

1/24 

Final Grade Submission Deadline