PORT 380-01 |
Cuír/Queer Brazil Instructor: Carolina Castellanos Gonella Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 285-01 and WGSS 301-05. Course taught in English. Stereotyped as the country of carnival and licentiousness, Brazil combines a complex history of traditional, oppressive, and progressive values and laws. Same-sex marriage was approved in 2013, sex-correction surgeries are supported by the universal health care system, and So Paulo hosts the largest LGBTQIA+ parade in the world. Still, Brazil has the highest recorded number of murders of trans* people in the world. The goal of this course is to analyze the complexities of the literary, historical, and cinematographic production in Brazil of cur authors and topics. The course examines how self-representations and representations have created, challenged, promoted, and affected the LGBTQIA+ community. At the same time, the course foregrounds the importance of how Brazilians have thought about their own curness.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR KAUF 179 |
PORT 380-02 |
Contemporary Brazilian Politics Instructor: Diego Vega Course Description:
cross-listed with LALC 200-01 and POSC 290-03. This course analyzes the construction and transformation of Brazil's democracy since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985. Part of the semester is an overview of the political and social disputes affecting the country's democratic institutions during this period, using political science research associated with local expressions of political thought. The second half of the course addresses specific topics relevant to Brazil, including social and racial inequalities, environmental destruction (with a focus on the Amazon region), the role of sports in politics, and the military's interference in democratic processes.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR DENNY 204 |
Courses Offered in ANTH |
ANTH 262-01 |
South American Archaeology Instructor: Matthew Biwer Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 262 and LALC 262-01. This course examines the development of prehistoric societies in the South American continent through archaeological data. This course will explore the interactions of culture, economics, and politics in the prehistory of two major regions: the western Andean mountains and Pacific coast, and the eastern lowlands focusing on the Amazon River basin and Atlantic coast. In addition to learning the particular developments in each region, we will address three overarching themes: 1)What role did the environment play in shaping socio-political developments? 2) What influence do ethnographic and ethno-historical sources have on the interpretation of pre-Hispanic societies in South America? 3) What were the interactions between highland and lowland populations, and what influence did they have (if any) on their respective developments?
This course is cross-listed as ARCH 262 and LALC 262.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF DENNY 103 |
Courses Offered in ARCH |
ARCH 262-01 |
South American Archaeology Instructor: Matthew Biwer Course Description:
Cross-listed with ANTH 262-01 and LALC 262-01. This course examines the development of prehistoric societies in the South American continent through archaeological data. This course will explore the interactions of culture, economics, and politics in the prehistory of two major regions: the western Andean mountains and Pacific coast, and the eastern lowlands focusing on the Amazon River basin and Atlantic coast. In addition to learning the particular developments in each region, we will address three overarching themes: 1)What role did the environment play in shaping socio-political developments? 2) What influence do ethnographic and ethno-historical sources have on the interpretation of pre-Hispanic societies in South America? 3) What were the interactions between highland and lowland populations, and what influence did they have (if any) on their respective developments?
This course is cross-listed as ANTH 262 and LALC 262.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF DENNY 103 |
Courses Offered in LALC |
LALC 200-01 |
Contemporary Brazilian Politics Instructor: Diego Vega Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 290-03 and PORT 380-02. This course analyzes the construction and transformation of Brazil's democracy since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985. Part of the semester is an overview of the political and social disputes affecting the country's democratic institutions during this period, using political science research associated with local expressions of political thought. The second half of the course addresses specific topics relevant to Brazil, including social and racial inequalities, environmental destruction (with a focus on the Amazon region), the role of sports in politics, and the military's interference in democratic processes.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR DENNY 204 |
LALC 262-01 |
South American Archaeology Instructor: Matthew Biwer Course Description:
Cross-listed with ANTH 262-01 and ARCH 262-01. This course examines the development of prehistoric societies in the South American continent through archaeological data. This course will explore the interactions of culture, economics, and politics in the prehistory of two major regions: the western Andean mountains and Pacific coast, and the eastern lowlands focusing on the Amazon River basin and Atlantic coast. In addition to learning the particular developments in each region, we will address three overarching themes: 1) What role did the environment play in shaping socio-political developments? 2) What influence do ethnographic and ethno-historical sources have on the interpretation of pre-Hispanic societies in South America? 3) What were the interactions between highland and lowland populations, and what influence did they have (if any) on their respective developments?
This course is cross-listed as ARCH 262 and ANTH 262.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF DENNY 103 |
Courses Offered in POSC |
POSC 290-03 |
Contemporary Brazilian Politics Instructor: Diego Vega Course Description:
Cross-listed with LALC 200-01 and PORT 380-02. This course analyzes the construction and transformation of Brazil's democracy since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985. Part of the semester is an overview of the political and social disputes affecting the country's democratic institutions during this period, using political science research associated with local expressions of political thought. The second half of the course addresses specific topics relevant to Brazil, including social and racial inequalities, environmental destruction (with a focus on the Amazon region), the role of sports in politics, and the military's interference in democratic processes.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR DENNY 204 |