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
B
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
B
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
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
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
B
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
B
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
B
1/22
Conclusion + Group Presentations
1/23 No Zoom Session
The Podcast Project is due via email by 5:00 pm.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
1/24
Final Grade Submission Deadline