Video by Emilia, Hannah, Niko, and Nitya
Posted in Student Videos - 2020, Week 11 Videos | Tagged with Argentina, Chile, Dirty Wars, Mexico, religion, Terror, violence
Forms of technology and media have taken over our lives in many situations including education, politics, personal lives and careers. As beneficial as it may be, there are certain negative impacts. In Document 10.3 “Aguas Blancas Masacre”, 17 peasants were brutally killed by Guerrero police officers while on their way to a demonstration. The state […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with #guerrero, #mediamanipulation, #speakingtruthtopower, Mexico, week12
Through this week’s reading and videos, it was very powerful to see how las madres de plaza de mayo used…
Posted in Blogs, Week 12 | Tagged with Amapá, Argentina, Brazil, Cálice, Cancíon Sin Miedo, Chico Buarque, dictatorship, femicide, Guatemala, Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Mexico, Music, neoliberalism, Protest, racism, Vidas Negras Importam
Posted in Featured Articles and Videos, Lecture Videos, Week 12 Lecture | Tagged with Argentina, Bolivia, C20th, C21st, Caracazo, Chile, Mexico, Mothers of the Disappeared, Protest, resistance, technology, Venezuela
For this week I wanted to focus on Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart’s “From the Noble Savage to the Third World”, which I found particularly interesting. As someone whose watched several Disney propaganda cartoons produced during WWII, this document brought in familiar themes in many ways. The book represents a form of cultural colonialism that […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with ariel, armand, aztecland, censorship, Chile, Disney, disnify, Donald Duck, Mexico, pinochet, scrooge