This week has once again proven to provide fascinating insight to the colonial world. Firstly, I believe that Catalina De Erauso’s story should be more recognized within the educational system, that is, within the junior and high school curriculum, for its reference to gender identification. In these progressive times regarding gender, there needs to be more […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 3 | Tagged with Colonial, ethnogenensis, heteronomy, hierarchy, rebel, transgressive
I was standing at a museum in Mexico when I learned for the first time of the names and titles given to all the mixture of races. I remember being baffled while I stared at the chart of names that seemed to continually grow. My mom explained that after the conquistadores came, the Spaniards and […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 3 | Tagged with casta paintings, Catalina de Erauso, Colonial, Mexico, race
This week’s reading was centered on the idea that Latin American States are seeing as not strong enough to maintain social order, collect taxes, or even maintain the normal level or political stability which is expected of them. In contrast, strong states are considered robust because they rely relatively little on violence and more on […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Barbarims, Civilizatioin, Colonial, Economical, latin america, modernity, Political
This week’s reading was centered on the idea that Latin American States are seeing as not strong enough to maintain social order, collect taxes, or even maintain the normal level or political stability which is expected of them. In contrast, strong states are considered robust because they rely relatively little on violence and more on […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Argentina, Barbarims, Civilizatioin, Colonial, Economical, latin america, modernity, Political
This is another period in which Latin America seems to be involved in conflict; this week’s chapter says that between 1960 and 1990, Latin America had one of its bloodiest periods since independence. And this got me thinking, has it this being happening since Christopher Columbus discovered America, I mean, the taken over, used other […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with America, Colonial, latin america, latino, Mexico, modernity, Peru
This is another period in which Latin America seems to be involved in conflict; this week’s chapter says that between 1960 and 1990, Latin America had one of its bloodiest periods since independence. And this got me thinking, has it this being happening since Christopher Columbus discovered America, I mean, the taken over, used other […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with America, Colonial, latin america, latino, Mexico, modernity, Peru
This week’s reading was very centered on the theme of modernity and it got me thinking. I mean, if you have taken economy classes, you probably have learned that the fastest way for an underdeveloped country to embrace progress is through forest investment and international borrowing. Many countries in Latin America followed this policy after […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with America, Argentina, Civilizatioin, Colonial, latin america, modernity
This week’s reading was very centered on the theme of modernity and it got me thinking. I mean, if you have taken economy classes, you probably have learned that the fastest way for an underdeveloped country to embrace progress is through forest investment and international borrowing. Many countries in Latin America followed this policy after […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with America, Argentina, Civilizatioin, Colonial, latin america, modernity
Week Two: “The Meeting of the Two Worlds” As we have seen in the videos and readings, there is a problem when trying to locate Latin America in a geographical sense. Now, we know that Latin America, more than a place which actually exists, is an idea. Its borders are fluid and what is considered […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 2 | Tagged with Colonial, Columbus, Discovery, Spain
