CLASS SCHEDULE:
15 Jan. (Th) Introduction to course: What is Latin
America?
political map of modern Latin America
(or the small version)
physical map of South
America
map projections: Mercator
and Peters
World's Largest Urban
Areas [rank: 1-1000]
20 Jan. (Tu) History of
Precolumbian and Spanish South America
Inca, and Colonial Chronologies
22 Jan. (Th) Cocaine and Revolution: Venezuela and Colombia
Guillermoprieto: Bogotá 1989, Medellín
1991, Bogotá 1993
background notes on Venezuela and Colombia
27 Jan. (Tu) The Andes: Bolivia and Tin Miners, Peru and Coca
Guillermoprieto: La Paz 1992; Lima 1990, Lima 1993
background on Bolivia and Peru
29 Jan. (Th) to be announced
3 Feb. (Tu) Ecuador and Otavalo
Colloredo-Mansfeld, Prologue and Chapters 1-3
background on Ecuador, Otavalo, and Ariasucu
5 Feb. (Th) Getting Ahead in Otalavo and Beyond
Colloredo-Mansfeld, Chapters
4-5
the native leisure class
10 Feb. (Tu) From Native Andean Economies to Southern Cone Development
Colloredo-Mansfeld, Chapter 6 and the Epilogue
Report 1
(The Andes) Due
12 Feb. (Th) Chile and Argentina
Guillermoprieto: Buenos Aires 1991
17 Feb. (Tu) Brazil
Guillermoprieto: Rio 1991, Rio 1993
19 Feb. (Th) TEST 1
24 Feb. (Tu--Mardi Gras) Carnival in Rio, Life in the Nordeste
Scheper-Hughes:
Prologue, Introduction, Chapters 1-2
26 Feb. (Th) Hunger, Death, and Mother Love in Bom Jesus
Scheper-Hughes:
Chapters 3, 6, 9, 10
2 Mar. (Tu) Religion and Resistance
Scheper-Hughes:
Chapters 11-12, Epilogue
4 Mar. (Th)
8-12 March Spring Break
16 Mar. (Tu) Indian Activism in Brazil
Report 2
(Brazil) Due
18 Mar. (Th)
Ancient Mesoamerica
+
Central America: Geography and History
Guillermoprieto: Managua 1990, Panama City 1992
23 Mar. (Tu) Guatemala and the Maya
25 Mar. (Th) TEST 2
30 Mar. (Tu) La violencia, Guatemala and the Maya
Fischer:
Chapters 2-3
1 Apr. (Th) Neoliberalism, and
Maya Resurgence
presentation by Alberto Esquit
Fischer:
Chapters 4-5, 8
6 Apr. (Tu) Tecpán in a Globalized World
Fischer:
Chapter 9
Report 3
Due (Central America)
8 Apr. (Th) Mexico Past and Present:
notes on Mexican history
Guillermoprieto: Mexico City 1990, Mexico City 1992
13 Apr. (Tu) Mexican transnationalism and NAFTA
Gutmann:
preface, Chapters 1, 3-5
15 April (Th) No class
Gutmann:
Chapters 6-7
20 Apr. (Tu) The Zapatistas and Mexican Political Futures
Gutmann,
Chapter 9-10
22 Apr. (Th) Review
Report 4
(Mexico) Due
FINAL EXAM : Saturday 1 May, 3:00pm bring pen and blue books
notes on the Runakuna of Sonqo
more on the Runakuna and their rituals
