Week 1: Course Overview and Expectations
8/26 Synchronous Zoom Session + asynchronous syllabus survey
Introduction. Perceptions.
Poem:
Esteves, Sandra María. “It is Raining Today.” Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings- An Anthology. Roberto Santiago, Editor. One World, 1995.
Week 2: Defending Latinx Studies in Times of COVID 19
8/31 Synchronous Zoom Session
Essay:
García Peña, Lorgia. “Non-essential Knowledge: Latinx Studies in Times of COVID 19.” Asterixjournal.com.https://asterixjournal.com/non-essential-latinx-studies-covid-19/
Zoom Presentations:
9/2 Asynchronous Assignment (Deadline 9/8)
Essay:
García Peña, Lorgia. “Non-essential Knowledge: Latinx Studies in Times of COVID 19.” Asterixjournal.com. May 20, 2020. https://asterixjournal.com/non-essential-latinx-studies-covid-19/
Video Interview:
Johnson, Sophia N. and Frances Negrón-Muntaner. The Feminist Perspective “Episode 1 (Frances Negrón-Muntaner)” YouTube.https://youtu.be/6YJp7V_jADg
Week 3: Education and The Movement for Black Lives
9/7 College Closed
9/9 Synchronous Zoom Session
Poem and Essay:
Girmay, Aracelis. “Night for Henry Dumas.” ¡Manteca! An Anthology of Afro-Latin@ Poets. Melissa Castillo-Garsow, Editor. Arte Público Press. 2017.
—“From Woe to Wonder.” TheParisReview.org. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/06/22/from-woe-to-wonder/
Zoom Presentations:
Week 4: Girlhood, Womanhood, State Violence, and Neglect
9/14 Synchronous Zoom Session
Opinion Piece:
Díaz, Jaquira. “The school-to-prison pipeline is getting worse for black and brown girls.” The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/14/black-brown-girls-school-prison-crime-jaquira-diaz
Zoom Presentations:
9/16 Asynchronous Assignment (Deadline 9/20)
Short Story:
Rodriguez, Ivelisse. “Holyoke, Mass.: An Ethnography.” Love War Stories. Feminist Press, 2018.
Week 5: Non-sovereign Puerto Rico, US Imperialism and Climate Change
9/21 Synchronous Zoom Session
Interview:
Jobson, Ryan Cecil and Yarimar Bonilla. “Public Thinker: Yarimar Bonilla on Decolonizing Decolonization.” Publicbooks.org. https://www.publicbooks.org/public-thinker-yarimar-bonilla-on-decolonizing-decolonization/
Zoom Presentations:
9/23 Asynchronous Assignment (Deadline 9/28)
Interview:
Jobson, Ryan Cecil and Yarimar Bonilla. “Public Thinker: Yarimar Bonilla on Decolonizing Decolonization.” Publicbooks.org. https://www.publicbooks.org/public-thinker-yarimar-bonilla-on-decolonizing-decolonization/
Documentary:
Aftershocks of Disaster. Directed by Juan Carlos Dávila and Yarimar Bonilla, 2020
Week 6: Visibility and Puerto Rican Representation in the U.S.
9/28 No Classes Scheduled
9/29 Synchronous Zoom Session (Classes follow Monday schedule)
Personal Essay:
Del Valle Schorske, Carina. “Dancing Backup: Puerto Ricans in the American Muchedumbre.” Longreads.com. April 2019. https://longreads.com/2019/04/03/dancing-backup-puerto-ricans-in-the-american-muchedumbre/
Zoom Presentations:
9/30 Asynchronous assignment (Deadline 10/4)
Personal Essay:
Del Valle Schorske, Carina. “Dancing Backup: Puerto Ricans in the American Muchedumbre.” Longreads.com. April 2019. https://longreads.com/2019/04/03/dancing-backup-puerto-ricans-in-the-american-muchedumbre/
Week 7: Translation, Bookmaking, and Poetic Resistance
10/5 Synchronous Zoom Session
Essay:
Noel, Urayoán. “Islote Poetics” Geopoetics in Practice. Routledge, 2019. Pages 212, 213, 218-221
Poems:
Selections from Nicole Cecilia Delgado’s Poems in Translation
Zoom Presentations:
10/7 Asynchronous Assignment (Deadline 10/13)
Selections from Nicole Cecilia Delgado’s Poems in Translation
10/9 Zoom Event (Optional)
“Negras: Enslaved Women Rebellion: A Conversation with Writer Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro”
*(Optional) Write a one-page response paper as an extra-credit assignment.*
Week 8: Poesía a cántaros
10/12 College Closed
10/14 Synchronous Zoom Session (Classes follow Monday schedule)
Zoom Event:
“Poesía a cántaros: A Conversation with Poet, Translator, and Book Artist,
Nicole Cecilia Delgado” https://actionbooks.org/2020/07/poesia-en-accion-summer-solstice-noche-de-san-juan-by-nicole-cecilia-delgado-and-translator-urayoan-noel/
https://actionbooks.org/2020/07/poesia-en-accion-translator-micro-interview-series-urayoan-noel/
Week 9: Afro-Boricua Feminist Becoming
10/19 Synchronous Zoom Session
Cross-genre Essay:
Figueroa, Yomaira. “Your Lips.” A Journal of Women Studies, Volume 41, Number 1, 2020, pp. 1-11
Zoom Presentations:
10/21 Asynchronous Assignment (Deadline 10/25)
Cross-genre Essay:
Figueroa, Yomaira. “Your Lips: Mapping Afro-Boricua Feminist Becomings.” A Journal of Women Studies, Volume 41, Number 1, 2020, pp. 1-11
Week 10: Midterm Workshop/Consultation/Submission
10/26 Synchronous Zoom Session
Midterm Workshop: Bring a short excerpt from your midterm
10/28
*Poems or Personal Essay Final Submission Deadline.*
Week 11: War, Photography, and Revisitations
11/2 Synchronous Zoom Session along with Professor Ramsey Scott, English Department Brooklyn College, CUNY
Poetry Collection (Selection):
Paredez, Deborah. Year of the Dog. Boa Editions Ltd, 2020.
Zoom Presentations:
11/4 Asynchronous Assignment (Deadline 11/10)
Poetry Collection (Selection):
Paredez, Deborah. Year of the Dog. Boa Editions Ltd, 2020.
Week 12: Matriarchy, Family and Survival
11/9 Synchronous Zoom Session
Poetry Collection (Selection):
Salgado, Yesika. Tesoro. Not a Cult, 2018.
Zoom Presentations:
11/11 Synchronous Zoom Session along with Professor Pamela Sertzen, Department of Women and Gender Studies, Syracuse University
Poetry Collection (Selection):
Salgado, Yesika. Tesoro. Not a Cult, 2018.
Article:
Rodríguez, Ana Patricia. “The Fiction of Solidarity: Transfronterista Feminisms and Anti-Imperialist Struggles in Central American Transnational Narratives.”Feminist Studies, Spring-Summer, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 1/2, The Chicana Studies Issue (Spring-Summer, 2008). (Pages 199-205)
Zoom Presentation:
Week 13: Migration, Heritage, and the Beauty Industry
11/16 Synchronous Zoom Session
Poetry Collection (Selection):
Lozada Oliva, Melissa. Peluda. Botton Poetry, 2017.
Zoom Presentations:
11/18 Asynchronous Assignment (Deadline 11/22)
Poetry Collection (Selection):
Lozada Oliva, Melissa. Peluda. Botton Poetry, 2017.
Week 14: The Importance of Oral Testimonies
11/23 Synchronous Zoom Session
Essay:
Ayers, William and Richard Ayers. “Every Person is a Philosopher/ Every Day is Another Story.” The Power of the Story. Cliff Mayote, Editor. Voice of Witness, 2013.
Interview Workshop
11/25 No class (College follow Friday schedule)
Week 15: Learning from Our Interviews
11/30 Synchronous Zoom Session
Interview Debrief
Angeloni to Guaman
12/2 Synchronous Zoom Session
Interview Debrief
Hernandez to Tejada
*Interview Assignment Submission*
Week 16: Wrapping Up
12/7 Synchronous Zoom Session
Poems
Acevedo, Elizabeth. “Hair.” YouTube. https://youtu.be/6rtRmFpc8D8
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Review and Consultations
*Last Day to submit asynchronous assignments”
12/9 Asynchronous Consultations
Final
12/14
*Argumentative Essay is due.*
