This week, I was fascinated by the article “La Revolución Digital: Mobile Media Use in Contemporary Cuba”. Back when COVID-19 didn’t restrict travel (what feels like a lifetime ago), I went to Cuba with my family for a week. It was strange to be in a country that was so detached from the world. IContinue reading “Week 13: TV and The Internet”
This week, I wanted to focus on Max Cameron’s talk titled The Left Turns. I found this video particularly interesting as it can highlight the social and political changes of the area within the short span of 5 years. Whilst Cameron made some important points on the left shift in Latin America, we cannot ignoreContinue reading “Week 13: Towards and Uncertain Future”
Being at the end of the course, gives me a feeling of new beginnings. New beginnings because we have learned so much but still have so much more to learn. We learned a myriad of historical moments, from the figurative language of Columbus upon first contact with the new world, to the emerging new forms […]
Well, here we are. The last week of blogs. It seemed so far away when I first started writing the first blog. This course has been fascinating and I really enjoyed learning about the history and depth that Latin America has. With regard to the readings this week, I find them to be very formalContinue reading “Week 13: Towards an Uncertain Future”
Video by Ana Laura, Maiya, and Mirella
For my final course for this course ( although I know I am posting this a bit late), first I want to talk about the documents in Dawson’s text and then talk about the course as a whole. One thing I noticed comparing the two documents, document 11.1, the summary of Judgment & Order of […]
This last post is a little personal, but I thought it would be a nice way to finish off my last blog post for this course! I thought it would be interesting to incorporate some of the voices of my friends and family who have been very vocal about the difference between living in Mexico […]
Hard to believe we have reached the final week. I have enjoyed this course and learning about my history in a formal academic setting. This week we are looking at the future of Latin America. The video speaks about the “left turns” and is optimistic, however, nowadays this optimism feels misplaced. In 2016 under aContinue reading “Week 13: Towards an Uncertain Future”
The content this week gave me a sense of a conclusion of the process Latin America has gone through, however…
The content this week gave me a sense of a conclusion of the process Latin America has gone through, however…
