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This course is an introduction to the mapping of colonial and early independent Latin America, as a lens through which students may learn about the process of colonization, state building, and the legacies on those processes on poverty and underdevelopment today. Historical maps are analyzed both as GIS data sources, and as interpretative lenses through which we can glimpse the way human settlements and activity reveal social, political and economic dynamics whose legacies are still present today.

For students engaged in interdisciplinary work that cannot be arranged by department. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Guest scholars present analyses of major Latin American themes. Restricted to students enrolled in the Latin American Studies MA program.

Amplified by the racism and inequality inherent to the Latin American states, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll in the health and lives of indigenous peoples of the region. Alongside the pandemic, indigenous communities face a crisis of governance and democracy that has led to the rise of authoritarian measures meant to suppress dissent, processes of organization and autonomy. As COVID-19, poverty, inequality, racism, violence, and extractive projects continue to encroach on indigenous lives, this course will analyze a query posed by indigenous peoples: that perhaps coronavirus is not the cause of the crisis, but rather, it is the harvest of what the capitalist system has sown throughout centuries.

Independent Study or Directed Reading for graduate students in Latin American Studies

The design of this seminar is based on Umberto Eco¿s How to Write a Thesis and has been adapted to aid students in fulfilling their MA in Latin American Studies capstone research paper or thesis requirement.

Restricted to students writing a master's thesis in Latin American Studies. May be repeated for credit.