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| Semester: | Spring 2024 |
| Number: | 0103-245-001 |
| Instructor: | Christopher Parisano |
| Days: | Monday Wednesday Friday 11:00 am - 11:50 am |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise 214 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Notes: |
This Course Is Cross-Listed With 0143-290-04 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Survey anthropological approaches to cultural, socio-economic, and political transformations in Latin America through ethnographic literature, film, and primary documents. Students will analyze the varied ways that colonialism, nation-state formation, peasant and Indigenous struggles, migration and urbanization, religious movements, and climate change have shaped Latin American identities of today. |
| Learning Goals: |
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:● identify Latin America’s diverse cultural groups, their geographic and linguistic variation, and understand the traditions and conflicts underpinning contemporary societies. ● describe the broad historical shifts in Latin American societies from the colonial period to the present. ● explain the theoretical approaches and research methods anthropologists use to study Latin American peoples and cultures. ● critically evaluate scholarly debates in Latin American anthropology and related disciplines.● identify peer-reviewed primary literature in anthropology and distinguish this from non-scholarly sources.● synthesize data drawn from a variety of sources and produce written analyses about issues facing Latin Americans. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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