CU-NYUConsortiumCourses Fall2018

ThesearethecoursesapprovedbytheInstituteofLatinAmericanStudiesforSIPAandMARSLACstudentstocross-registerinFall2018.Thesecoursesmustberegisteredviaaformonthefirstdayoftheclass.Pleaseseeyourinstructorandfollowtheinstructionoftheregistrationform.

1) LATC-GA1014–ComparativeRacismsintheAmericasDay/Time:Thursdays,2:00pm–4:30pmProf.PamelaCallaLocation:KJCC404W

Course Description: This seminar will explore emergent forms of racism in the Americas asmajorobstaclestotheconstructionof interculturalrelations,racialandeconomicjustice,anddemocracy. The emergence of these “new or renewed racisms” is still largely a relativelyuncharted terrain in the social sciences. The course will thus explore this phenomenon asintegraltothemulticulturalandwhatsomehavecalled“postracial”presentdefinedbylargerprocessesofeconomicandculturalglobalizationandtransnationalmigration.Throughoutthecourse, we will also look at these emergent racisms in relation to the challenges facingindigenousandafro-descendant socialmovements,middle classpoliticalnetworks, and stateand non-governmental institutions that seek to deepen democracy in the hemisphere bybuildingthebasisforactivecitizenshipandracialandeconomic justice.Thefollowinggeneralquestions will guide our analysis and discussion: What is the relationship betweeninstitutionalized racism, embedded in the fabric of these societies, and specific “racialeruptions,” which appear to stand in contrast to prevailing ideologies of pluralism andintercultural relations? How to explain the persistence of racial hierarchy in societies wherepowerful actors explicitly endorse principles ofmulticultural recognition and racial equality?Does government-endorsed multiculturalism mitigate the negative impact of extractive,industrial,informalandothereconomicactivitiesonindigenousandafro-descendantpeoples?Oralternatively,dotheseeconomiesactuallylaythegroundworkforwhatcouldbeconsidereda“racialized”economicorder?Howdothepushandpullofmigrationtiedtolargernecessitiesofcapitalaccumulationandlaborexploitationshapethedynamicsandlogicsofracismwithinthe region?What types of constitutional reforms, legislative and public policy agendas haveemergedtoaddressthesedynamicsandlogics?

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2) LATC-GA2590LatinAmerica’s1968Date/Time:Mondays,2:00pm–4:30pmProfs.JillLaneandDylonRobbinsLocation:7east12thStreet,room124

CourseDescription:InLatinAmerica,theyear1968markedaturningpointinthesocial,politicalamdculturaltransformationsthathadbeenunfoldinginthewidewakeoftheCubanRevolutionof1959.ForLatinAmerica,asfortherestoftheworld,thesixtieswereshapedbygeopoliticsoftheColdWar,andofanti-colonialstrugglesacrosstheglobe.Yettheyaremostrememberedbythosewholivedthemasatimewhenordinarypeoplefelt,likeneverbeforeandperhapsneverafter,thattheycouldchangethecourseofhistory:millionsofyouthinstudentmovements,advocatesforindigenousrights,workers,campesinos,educators,intellectuals,andartists,alongwithguerillasandotherarmedinsurgents,wereself-awareinworld-historicalprojectsofradical,social,political,economic,andculturalchange.Intheseyears,thepersonalbecamethepolitical,politicsbecametheatrical,theatrebecameaweapon,andthelinesbetweenself,art,andpoliticswereforeverredrawn.Westudythecomplexrelationsbetweenrevolution,counterculture,andauthoritarianruleastheyemergedinLatinAmerica's1968:theemergenceofBrazil'sCinemaNovo,Cuba'simperfectcinema,andmilitantdocumentaryacrosstheregion;theriseofrickandactivistnuevacancion,andalsoofexperimentalaestheticsinmusic,theatre,artandperformance–tropicalia,nova objetividade,mediaart,happenings;theapogeeofstudentactivismandthecountercultureinBrazil,Mexico,andArgentina,aswellasitsmostharshrepressionthroughtheendofthe"dictablanda"or"softdictatorship"inBrazil,themassavreofTlatelolcoinMexico,and,in1969,therepressionofthe"Cordobazo"inArgentina.

3) CEH-GA1048InternationalStudiesinHumanRightsDate/Time:Thursdays,6:00PM-9:00PMProf.PeterLucasLocation:70WashingtonSquareSouth,RoomLL150

Course Description: students will study international human rights standards, topical casestudies in Latin America, the role of international and local NGOs in the human rightsmovement, popular resistance and social movements in the Latin American human rightsmovement, the role ofmedia and representation in reporting and promoting human rihgts,educational initiatives for human rights, and the many choices society has after collectiveviolence.

4) LATC-GA1020LiteratureoftheField:ColonialLatinAmericanandCaribbean(sameasHIST-GA1201)Date/Time:Wednesdays,2:00pm–4:15pm

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Prof.SinclairThomsonLocation:25WaverlyPlace,Room102

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5) LATC-GA2965–HaitianKreyolinContext(Elementary)Day/Time:Monday,Wednesday,Friday,12:30pm–1:45pmProf.WynnieLamourLocation:KJCC404W

Course Description: This course introduces students to the language of Haitian Kreyòl, alsocalledCreole,and is intended for studentswith littleornopriorknowledgeof the language.HaitianKreyòlisspokenbyHaiti’spopulationofninemillionandbyaboutonemillionHaitiansin theU.S. Including over 190,000 in theNew York City area. In fact,New York City has thesecond largest population of Kreyòl Speakers after Port---au---Prince, Haiti’s capital. Throughthis course, you will develop introductory speaking, reading, and writing skills. We use acommunicativeapproach,balancedwithgrammaticalandphonetictechniques.Classroomandtextbookmaterials are complementedbyworkwith film, radio, andespeciallymusic (konpa,rasin, twoubadou, rap, raga, levanjil, vodou tradisyonèl, etc.), as well as with visits to citymuseumsandinstitutionsrelatedtoHaiti.

6) LATC-GA10–ElementaryQuechuaI(sameasSPAN–UA81)Day/Time:Monday,Tuesday,Thursday,9:30am-10:45amProf.Odi25West4thStreet,RoomC13

CourseDescription:QuechuaisthemostimportantandmostwidelydistributedindigenouslanguageinSouthAmerica,withabout10millionspeakerslivingfromthehighmountainstothetropicallowlandsinColombia(wherethelanguageiscalledIngano),Ecuador(whereitiscalledkichwaorrunashimi,"humanspeech"),Peru,Bolivia,andArgentina(whereitisusuallyspelledQuechuaandcalled,byitsspeakers,runasimi).StudyingQuechuaopensawindowontoalternativewaysofthinkingaboutsocialworlds,aboutspaceandtime,family,andhumans'relationshipwiththenaturalworld.QuechuaisrecommendedforstudentsanticipatingtraveltotheAndeanregion,thoseinterestedinlanguageandlinguistics,andthoseinterestedinindigenousliteraturesandcultures.StudentswhosatisfactorilycompleteintroductoryQuechuawillbewell-preparedforintensivesummerstudyatoneofmanysummerstudyabroadprogramsinEcuador,Peru,andBoliviathatwillputtheminclosercontactwiththeindigenousworld.

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LATC-GA20-IntermediateQuechuaI

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Day/Time:Monday,Tuesday,Thursday,2:00pm–3:15pmProf.OdiGonzalesLocation:25West4thStreet,RoomC13

CourseDescription:QuechuaisthemostimportantandmostwidelydistributedindigenouslanguageinSouthAmerica,withabout10millionspeakerslivingfromthehighmountainstothetropicallowlandsinColombia(wherethelanguageiscalledIngano),Ecuador(whereitiscalledkichwaorrunashimi,"humanspeech"),Peru,Bolivia,andArgentina(whereitisusuallyspelledQuechuaandcalled,byitsspeakers,runasimi).StudyingQuechuaopensawindowontoalternativewaysofthinkingaboutsocialworlds,aboutspaceandtime,family,andhumans'relationshipwiththenaturalworld.QuechuaisrecommendedforstudentsanticipatingtraveltotheAndeanregion,thoseinterestedinlanguageandlinguistics,andthoseinterestedinindigenousliteraturesandcultures.StudentswhosatisfactorilycompleteintroductoryQuechuawillbewell-preparedforintensivesummerstudyatoneofmanysummerstudyabroadprogramsinEcuador,Peru,andBoliviathatwillputtheminclosercontactwiththeindigenousworld.