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LACA 1503T

Caribbean Feminisms
Kamala Kempadoo
This course is a study of the emergence and reconfiguration of Caribbean feminisms through the region’s history of women’s and gendered oppressions, subversions and resistances, taking into consideration colonialism, indigeneity, slavery and indentureship, transnationality, and race, ethnicity, sexuality, and class. Attention is also paid to strategies for knowledge production that have been utilised for studying Caribbean gender and sexuality and to the types of research these have produced. Threaded through the course will be an ongoing focus on a recent InterGuyanas feminism initiative that spans the Dutch, English and French-speaking Guyanas.

This course is intended for juniors and seniors, but others may be given special permission to register. Students should have some prior knowledge of the Caribbean and/or Gender Studies.

LACA 1504J

Reimaging Resistance: Debates in Contemporary Art from Latin America
Agustín Diez Fischer
This course introduces students to problems and questions addressed in contemporary Latin American art. We will discuss a wide range of productions that include theoretical texts, exhibitions, manifestos, videos, installations, paintings, and performances. We will explore how art rethinks social constructs of gender, race, national imaginaries, or the relationship with the non-human world. The languages of instruction will be Spanish and English. Intermediate knowledge of Spanish is required for conducting readings and class discussions. This course is appropriate for students who have taken AP Spanish, heritage speakers, and students who have taken or placed in 500-level Spanish language classes at Brown.

LACA 1504O

Re-thinking Latin American Geographies through Social Mapping 
Geronimo Barerra de la Torre
Maps are important tools for our daily activities and spatial imaginaries; however, the ways in which official and dominant Western maps organized the information about the world occludes other ways of knowing territories. How are these “other” geographies represented? How are maps re-designed and appropriated to visualize different spatialities? In this course, students will be introduced to key themes and design practices in social cartography in Latin America. These reflect on collective or individual mapping practices to represent and increase the visibility of social issues and ways of knowing and being in this region. Intermediate knowledge of Spanish is required for conducting readings and class-discussion. This course is appropriate for students who have taken AP Spanish, heritage speakers, and students who have taken or placed in 500-level Spanish language classes at Brown. Previous knowledge of maps not required.

LACA 1900

Preparing for Honors and Capstone Projects on Latin American and Caribbean Topics 
Neil Safier 
This workshop is designed for junior and seniors in any concentration who are researching and writing about Latin America and the Caribbean. It will help students to enhance their research and organization skills, refine their research or creative projects, and develop or complete a Capstone Project (e.g. honors thesis, honors project, substantial research paper).