Researching Cultures: Imagining the Andes

Taking Peru and Bolivia as case studies, this course explores the Andean region's cultures by examining the interactions between global, national, and indigenous cultures. We will study six main topics: indigenous peoples and state-formation; peasant revolutions; internal and transnational migration; memory and political violence; racialization and coloniality; and extractive capitalism and indigenous thinking (Buen Vivir). We will explore these issues while learning about the region's major historical transformation between the 1900s and the present. Course materials include oral histories, myths, literature, film, photography, music, and social media. Authors studied include Jose Maria Arguedas, Claudia Llosa, Yuyachkani, Anibal Quijano, Jorge Sanjines, and Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui. This course fulfills the Writing Intensive (WI) requirement for Arts and Sciences students. Prereq. Spanish 303 or 308E, and one (or preferably two) of the following: 341, 342, 343, 370, 380 or Debating Cultures. Students who have taken more than four Spanish culture or literature classes are not allowed in this course and must proceed to a Major Seminar. In Spanish.
Course Attributes: BU IS; AS HUM; AS LCD; AS LS; AS WI I; FA HUM; AR HUM; AS SC; EN H

Researching Cultures: Imagining the Andes

SPANISH 3616

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