Resisting Racism, Extraction, and Dispossession in the Americas
ANTH 217
Fall 2015
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01
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| Crosslisting:
LAST 217 |
| Certificates: International Relations, International Relations |
In this course, we examine land based social movements as responses to the legacies of empire and colonialism. We begin with an overview of the ideologies of economic and political "progress" that justified the dispossession of indigenous and racialized groups in the Americas. Then we will turn away from the logic of imperial domination to consider alternative forms of knowledge and practice that posit new relationships between nature and society. Of special focus will be a range of ethnographies of land-based movements including the Zapatistas, Garifuna, and MST (Movimento Sem Terra) as well as feminist, indigenous, and anti-racist theories informed by the forms of resistance and decolonization that we have studied. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ANTH |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CGST-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Wolford, Wendy, THIS LAND IS OURS NOW: SOCIAL MOBILIZATIONS AND THE MEANING OF LAND IN BRAZIL, 2010
Nash, June, MAYAN VISIONS: THE QUEST FOR AUTONOMY IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION, 2001
Granadin, Greg, EMPIRE'S WORKSHOP: LATIN AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES AND THE RISE OF THE NEW IMPERIALISM
(the rest of the course readings will be in a course pack/avail. on blackboard)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Five critical reading response papers; student presentation and research paper (multiple assignments and deadlines) |
| Instructor(s): Rosario,Melissa Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: ALLB004; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 7 | FR: X |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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