RS2234 Challenges in Latin America Spring 2011 (March-June)

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RS2234 Challenges in Latin America Spring 2011 (March-June)

Challenges in Latin America: a Post-Colonial situation Socio-economic inequality-the greatest in the world Weak and questioned political institutions + Corruption Local needs -global demands Class, ethnicity, gender and other identity conflicts Environmental disasters Criminal and political violence Cultural blooming production in harsh conditions

Course “Challenges in Latin America” A multidisciplinary perspective (historical, sociological, political and cultural). Focus on three main regions: Mexico, the Southern Cone and the Andean region. International guest teachers from Bolivia, Peru and Argentina. Lectures, seminars, the presentation of films/documentaries, role-plays and group discussions.

Exchange students Also: students from our exchange programs with Argentina (University of Tucuman) and Bolivia (UMSA) participate in the course Possibilities to know better and establish good contacts with these exchange students

Spring 2011 Thematic focus on Poverty, Gender and Revolution 1.Struggles and politics in Latin American social history, 2. Social, political, economic, and environmental challenges, with a gender perspective (with guest lecturers from Bolivia and Peru) 3. "Revolution and Poetry in Modern Latin American" (guest lecturer fr Argentina)