Video by Damian, David, and Maya
This week, we focused on the complex relationship between Latin America and the United States, dating back to the late 1800s with American military interventions. Although the US has had its fair share of extensive interventions down to Uruguay, I wanted to take a look at its effect in the entertainment industry. The passage takenContinue reading “Week 9: Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire”
I really enjoyed this week’s readings and films. The title alone Journey to Banana Land is a commodification Latin America, labeling it as a land of resources for the US. It begins with comparing Banana Land (the film’s name for the land extending from Mexico to Colombia and the Caribbean) to the US. They giveContinue reading “Week 9: Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire”
One of the main takeaway for me from this week’s topic was the rather arbitrary definition of modernity. At the start of this course, we defined Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World as the beginning of modernity and yet there are so many opposing views to this. As mentioned in the video, modernity canContinue reading “Week 7: The Export Boom as Modernity”
Western liberal democracies pride themselves as examples of modernity. Through living standards, feminism, resource use. Specifically, how they compare to “less developed” countries, such as those within Latin America. Women in western liberal democracies are perceived as more free and equal in comparison to women in Latin America. What I mean is, although the patriarchyContinue reading “Week 7: The Export Boom as Modernity”
The imposition of a hierarchy is essential to the colonial operation. It sets up a “perfect” to rule over the “imperfect”. How then does a previous colonial state move away from this embedded hierarchy? Slavery is a clear example of the colonial caste system in Latin America. It distinguishes a class of people as propertyContinue reading “Week 6: Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics”
After watching the lecture and reading the articles, I was most inclined to write about Latin Americans’ “anxious identity” as well as the Casta paintings. “Latin America is a place where identity seems to come into focus, but also where identity always threatens to dissolve” This particular phrase from the lecture really stood out toContinue reading “week 3: the colonial experience”
Alec Dawson on the legacies of colonialism (podcast)
Week 3 lecture (video)
Behind the Scenes of LAST100, looking at the writing of history and Guamán Poma de Ayala
