Span 405W
The (neo)rural in Latin America and Spain
Join us in this course as we explore cultural and ecological imaginaries of the rural in modern-day Latin America and Spain. From being a site of savagery and guerrilla warfare to becoming the locus of endangered nature and rural relocation movements, the concept of the rural has undergone a tremendous transformation in the past century amid ecological global catastrophes. We will delve into the role of rural human and cultural geographies in state formation in Latin America and Spain. Literary, art, and visual media archives will inform our debates on indigeneity, capitalist progress, and war. We will also take a closer look at contemporary cultural production, including films, series, novels, poetry, essays, and rural ecological activism. We will analyze materials like the novels Fascendera (2022) by Spanish writer Oscar Garcia and Después de la ira (2018) by Colombian writer Cristian Romero, along with art performances and indigenous women's activism and filmmaking. This is a writing intensive course, which requires a minimum of 3 papers with rewrites; 50% of the grade must come from written work. In Spanish.
Instructors
Javier Garcia Liendo, Miguel Valerio, Stephanie Kirk, Tabea Linhard
Reviews
4-6 hrs/week
Valerio is an incredible professor. It is a shame that he will be leaving and I hope the next professor will be equally amazing. The class was extremely flexible; it mostly required reading the novels/short stories outside of class time and discussing during class.
6/4/2024
Profa. Linhard is a wonderful professor - her grading was hard for me, but her comments on papers were always extremely useful. She was accessible as well, and super nice! The best part of the class for me though was the lectures. She is super clear (which is a feat in its own for a language prof), they were so interesting, and I learned so much!
1/17/2017
My second class I took with Kirk. Yes, she's that amazing! Take her class- you won't regret it! She is such an amazing professor and an incredibly cool person as well. :)
1/17/2012
Fun class, and Tabea is a great and engaging professor. Medium-light workload, interesting discussions, good class environment. Thanks Tabea!
12/12/2008
high expectations, challenging course load, but very rewarding material. professor linhard brings things to life in great ways. highly recommend, but only to serious students.
2/28/2007