- Hi! Nice meeting you! Could you introduce yourself? What department are you from? What courses are you teaching or have been teaching? What are the classes you teach like, such as format or class size? Is there anything you want to tell us about your teaching, research, or other projects? I am Tonia Leon, a Latin Americanist with a special love and attachment to Mexico. I teach in Black & Latino Studies Department. I have taught a basic course on Latin American Studies and another on US/MEXICO Border on-line. I will be teaching the course on Mexico synchronously on-line in spring 2022. My special interests are the indigenous cultures of Latin America, agricultural techniques in pre-Hispanic and contemporary LA, advances in ecology and solar energy, geography, cultural anthropology and pre-Hispanic poetry and philosophy.
- Could you talk a little bit about that course you’ll be working on during this seminar? In order to understand the Border and its issues its is necessary to go back in history. To this end, I introduce the students to the indigenous cultural achievements and societal structures, the conquest and colony and the society which grew from this, as major issues in contemporary Mexico. I also deal with origins of racism at the border.
- What are the listed learning goals of your course? They could be ones provided by the department, or ones that you have written for your syllabus? Please list them (pasting is fine!). Demonstrate their increased understanding of Mexico, its history and contemporary situation. Establish links between contemporary issues and historical events in MexicoGain insight into the rich heritage of its indigenous cultures. Become aware of the pressing social, economic, and political problems Mexico faced and is facing. Learn of the creative ways the peoples of Mexico have applied to environmental limits. Conduct research using library and on-line resources Become comfortable with oral participation and presentations.
- What class materials are you planning to develop? What goals do you have for them? Reading selections from articles, news, books. Live presentations from ecologists and activists in Mexico and here. Movies and videos.
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