Schedule HIS 2170 A - Colonial Latin America |
Done |
Wed |
05 -
Sep |
Introduction to the course. Explanation of methodology, Revision
and collective approval of Syllabus. Explanation of how to interact with the
course, the blog and other media. |
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Fri |
07 -
Sep |
Historical context before 1492: Europe and Africa. The meaning
of Contact. Reading:
Chapter 1, America, Iberia and Africa before the Conquest, in Mark A.
Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson "COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA" course
textbook . |
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Wed |
12 -
Sep |
Historical context before 1492: Turtle Island and the Abya-Yala
(Indigenous America). Reading: Chapter 1, America, Iberia and Africa before
the Conquest, op. cit. Marcelo Saavedra-Vargas. The mature toponymy of
indigenous peoples. Available at:
http://wp.me/p1yp0w-D. Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight (20
min). |
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Fri |
14 -
Sep |
The conquest of the Aztecs and the Inka Confederacy. Reading: Chapter 2,
The age of Conquest, in Mark A. Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson
"COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA" course textbook . |
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Wed |
19 -
Sep |
Guest speaker: Guatemalan
Maya Elder Tito Medina. |
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Fri |
21 -
Sep |
The slave
trade from Africa and formation and consolidation of colonial administration
schemes. Reading: Chapter 3, Ruling New World
Empires in Mark A. Burkholder &
Lyman L. Johnson "COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA" course textbook. |
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Wed |
26 -
Sep |
Viewing of "500 Nations" - episode ONE - Prologue,
Wounded Knee Legacy & Mexico. (75 min) |
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Fri |
28 -
Sep |
The impact of the Encounter on indigenous populations. Reading: Chapter 4, Population and Labor, in Mark A. Burkholder & Lyman L.
Johnson "COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA" course textbook. |
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Wed |
03 -
Oct |
Cristopher Columbus voyages, the Tordesillas Treaty and the
formation of colonial society. Colonial economics and the extractive
mind-frame as the guiding force in colonial affairs. Reading:
Chapter 5, Production, Exchange, and Defense
in Mark A. Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson "COLONIAL LATIN
AMERICA" course textbook. |
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Fri |
05 -
Oct |
Viewing of "The Conquest of the Incas" - BBC's
Conquistadors series (50 min) |
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Wed |
10 -
Oct |
Guest speaker: Anishinaabe
Elder and Medicine man Jacob (Mowegan) Wawatie |
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Fri |
12 -
Oct |
Viewing of
"All World is Human" - BBC's Conquistadors series (50 min) |
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Wed |
17 -
Oct |
Societal stratification and the attempts at civilization
building. Reading: Chapter 6: Family, Women and
ethos in colonial Latin America, in Mark A. Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson
"COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA" course textbook. The colonial situation of women and migration understtood
from a gender perspective. Reading: Susan
Migden Socolow. Women and Migration in Colonial Latin America. Available at
www.his2170.blogspot.com. |
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Fri |
19 -
Oct |
The Family and Society. Reading:
Chapter 7, Production, Exchange, and Defense, in Mark A. Burkholder &
Lyman L. Johnson "COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA" course textbook. Part of this class will be devoted to revising the
mid-term exam. |
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Wed |
24 -
Oct |
Mid-session break |
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Fri |
26 -
Oct |
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Wed |
31 -
Oct |
Mid-term exam |
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Fri |
02 -
Nov |
The necessary portion of this class
will be dedicated to revise the mid-term exam. Deadline for first Reaction
Paper at midnight. The great historial
omission about demographics and the shifting of geographies. Reading: Derek Rasmussen. The priced versus the priceless.
The Lion's Roar, available at:
http://www.lionsroar.ca/pdfs/price-vs-priceless.pdf. |
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Wed |
07 -
Nov |
The Great Indian
Insurrections, the awakening of the Serpent: Tupac Amaru/Micaela Bastidas. |
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Fri |
09 -
Nov |
Carlos
Saura "El Dorado" (80 min) |
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Wed |
14 -
Nov |
Carlos Saura "El Dorado" (60 min). Short discussion about the film. |
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Fri |
16 -
Nov |
The Great Indian Insurrections, the awakening of the Serpent:
Tupaj Katari/ Bartolina Sisa. The prphecy of the Pachakut'I and the
Re-encounter of the Eagle and the Condord. |
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Wed |
21 -
Nov |
The all-pervading power
of Catholicism in colonial Latin America and Spain and Brazil, as main
colonial forces. France, Great Britain and other minor attempts at
establishing colonial outposts in Latin America.. Reading:
Chapter 8, Living in an Empire and Chapter 9. Imperial Expansion, in in Mark
A. Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson "COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA"
course textbook. |
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Fri |
23 -
Nov |
Evaluation of HIS3195 by students.
Spain and Brazil, as main colonial forces. France, Great Britain and other
minor attempts at establishing colonial outposts in Latin America. Reading: Chapter 9. Imperial Expansion, in Mark A.
Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson "COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA" course
textbook. |
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Wed |
28 -
Nov |
Presentation by students (15 to 30
minutes). Late colonial times and
Independence. Reading: Chapter 10, Crisis and
Political Revolutions, in Mark A. Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson
"COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA" course textbook. |
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Fri |
30 -
Nov |
Deadline for final essay and Reaction
papers at midnight. Presentation by students (15 to 30 minutes). Late colonial times and Independence. Reading: Chapter 11. From Empire to Independence, in
Mark A. Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson "COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA"
course textbook. |
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Wed |
05 -
Dec |
Presentation by students (15 to 30
minutes). Conclusion of HIS2170, The long
process of colonial states formations, are we over colonial times? . Reading: Epilogue, in in Mark A. Burkholder & Lyman L.
Johnson "COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA" course textbook. |
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