SPAN 2111 - Introduction to Latin American Culture
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2020
This course is a general introduction to the cultures of Latin America. It is aimed at students with little or no knowledge of the region. Starting with a review of the major aboriginal cultures that existed in Latin America previous to the arrival of the Spaniards, we will proceed to explore the conquest of the American continent and the effects these events had in the shaping of Latin American culture and society. Enough time will be dedicated to the discussion of the process of nation building in the continent, including the struggle for independence and early revolutionary movements. The second half of the course will be dedicated completely to the study and discussion of 20th and 21st Century Latin America. Some of the topics will touch on the processes of decolonization that today are emerging in different Latin American countries. This course will be conducted in Spanish. Reading materials will be mostly in Spanish.
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code SPAN 2111 Course Introduction to Latin American Culture Coordinating Unit Spanish Studies Term Semester 2 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites SPAN 2101 Assumed Knowledge Basic oral & written knowledge of the Spanish language Assessment Participation 10%, Oral exchange 20%, Mid-term test 20%, 3000 word Essay 50% Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Sergio Holas
1Room 807, Napier Building
Phone: 8313 4744
sergio.holas@adelaide.edu.au
Consultation Hours: Tuesday 10 to 13:00 p.m.Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
Lecture: Monday 12 to 14:00 p.m.; Napier 205
Seminar: Wednesday 11:00 to 12:00 p.m.; Napier 108
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
1) acquire an advanced knowledge and understanding of Latin American cultures and societes.
2) acquire the ability to independently use a variety of sources to further your understanding of Latin American discourses on "liberacion" and "decolonization".
3) To get an overview of the immense diversity of Latin American and Amerindians cultures throughout history.
4) To reach an understanding of the ways in which Latin American peoples/indigenous communities creatively decolonize and represent themselves under different and continuous processes of colonization.
5) To reach an understanding of the situated nature of knowledge.
6) To have a strong conceptual and systemic foundation to further study in the area of Latin American Studies.
7) To further develop the capacity to write reports and oral presentations on Latin American theme.
8) To gain the ability to work collaboratively with their peers and to communicate effectively with them.
9) To further learn how to make effective use of the internet resources when doing research on Latin American cultures.
10) To be able to critically appreciate the cultural richness of Latin American cultures.
11) to be able to appreciate the "mestizo" character of Latin American cultural producctions.最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attributes
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
All of your readings for SPAN 2111 Introduction to Latin American Cultures are on the www. In the following Required Readings list you will find all the texts you will need to prepare yourselves prior to your lectures and workshops/seminars.
Required Readings
Week 2:
Wearne, Philip, "Before Columbus", Return of the Indian. Conquest and Revival in the Americas. London: Cassell & LAB, 1996, pp. 32-60.
Week 3:
Dussel, Enrique, "Conference 1. Eurocentrism". (pp. 18-25)
Download full book from Enrique Dussel web page Accessed 10/07/2020
Dussel, Enriquie, "Conference 4. The Spiritual Conquest. Toward the Encounter Between Two Worlds?", (pp. 49-62).
Weeks 4 & 5:
Quijano, Anibal, "Colonialidad del poder, eurocentrismo y America Latina. Available at:
Accessed 10/07/2020
Week 6:
Paz, Octavio, The sons of La Malinche.
Available at: Accessed 20/07/2020
Week 7:
Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, "Forging of a Nation". México profundo. Reclaiming a Civilization. (pp. 94-107)
Week 8:
José Martí, "Our America."
Available at: Accessed 20/07/2020
Week 9:
Conferencia Dr. Enrique Dussel - Transmodernidad.
Available at: Accessed 20/07/2020
Week 10:
Menchu Tum, Rigoberta,, "La diversidad cultural es el espejo de la diversidad natural". Available at:
Available at: Accessed 20/07/2020
Week 11:
Nueva Ley Marco de la Madre Tierra y desarrollo integral para vivir bien. (Estado Plurinacional de la República de Bolivia).
Accessed 20/072020
Online Learning
Other Learning Resources.
a. Latin American Network Information center, 最新糖心Vlog of Texas:
Vast internet resources on countries, economy, education, government, media, culture, communication, science, society, and many other aspects. In English, Portuguese and Spanish.
b. Library of Congress - Hispanic reading Room:
The primary access point for research to the Caribbean, Latin America, and Iberia; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including Latinos in the US, and peoples of Portuguese or Spanish heritage in Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
c. Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales. CLACSO.
Vast internet resources on Social Sciences and the Arts. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Lectures supported by problem-solving seminars which develop the lecture material.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
1 x 2-hour lecture (or equivalent) per week 24 hours per semester 1 x 1-hour seminar (or equivalent) per week 12 hours per semester 6 hours reading per week 72 hours per semester 2 hours research per week 24 hours per semester 2 hours assignment preparation per week 24 hours per semester TOTAL WORKLOAD 156 hours per semester Learning Activities Summary
Schedule Week 1 Introduction Week 2 Lecture: Worlds Before Columbus: Anahuac and Tahantinsiyu.
Seminar reading:
Philip Wearne, "Before Columbus". Available in CANVAS, module week 2.Week 3 Lecture: How Europe was constructed & its effects in its peripheries.
Seminar reading & discussion paper:
Enrique Dussel, "Conference 4. The Spiritual Conquest. Toward the Encounter Between Two Worlds?".Week 4 Lecture: How Europe was constructed & its effects in its periphery.
Seminar reading & discussion paper:
Anibal Quijano, Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism and America Latina." Part I.
Available in CANVAS, module weeks 4 & 5Week 5 Lecture: What "coloniality of power" means? What are its effects?
Seminar reading & discussion paper:
Anibal Quijano, "Colonialidad del poder, eurocentrismo y America". PART II.Week 6 Lecture: What "coloniality of power" means? What are its effects?
Seminar reading & discussion paper:
Octavio Paz, "The Sons of La Malinche".
Available in CANVAS, module week 6.
Monday 31 August: Entregar Bibliografía Anotada.Week 7 Lecture: Independence.
Seminar reading & discussion paper:
Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, "Forging a Nation. México profundo. Reclaiming a Civilization. (pp. 94-107)
Available in CNVAS, module week 7.Week 8 Lecture: José Martí and "Our America".
Seminar reading & discussion paper:
José Martí, "Our America".Week 9 Lecture: NO HAY CLASES (Labour Day)
Seminar reading & discussion paper:
Conferencia Dr. Enrique Dussel - Transmodernidad.Week 10 Lecture: Processes of decolonization in Latin America.
Seminar reading & discussion paper:
Rigoberta Menchu Tum, "La diversidad cultural espejo de la diversidad natural."Week 11 Lecture: Processes of decolonization in today's Latin America.
Seminar reading & discussion paper:
Nueva Ley Marco de la Madre Tierra y desarrollo integral para vivir bien.Week 12 Lecture: Processes of decolonization, transmodernity and pluriversality. Small Group Discovery Experience
All activities in the classroom are organised in small groups aimed at discovering new cultural values & language realities of the Latin American speaking worlds. The student must aim at being open and sensible to the perspectives of others. In other words: a key requisite for this course is allowing self to open up to other realities through being able to read self assumptions clouding self. -
Assessment
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Assessment Summary
Assessment summary
Assessment Task Task Type Weighting Learning Outcome
Participation (Formative & Summative) 10% 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Anotated bibliography (Formative & Summative) 30% 1, 2, 5, 6
Seminar paper (Formative & Summative) 20% 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Essay (Summative) 40% 1, 2, 4, 6
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TOTAL 100%Assessment Detail
Assessment Detail.
a. Anotated bibliography.
This exercise requires you to choose one of the texts set for study and to locate 3 scholarly articles about it. For each of this articles you need to:
a.1. provide full bibliography details;
a.2. provide a 50 words account of the argument developed in the article (no critical appraisal required, just a shor account of what the author has tried to argue);
a.3. identify and make a list of the 5 key words (concepts) for each of the 3 articles.
b. Seminar paper.
A reading/text from the list of readings for your seminarwill be the one you need to prepare in advance of your seminar. Before your seminar reading oral presentation you need contact the other student who also have nominated to it. Collectivelly, you will device 6 questions (3 each) that will form the basis for discussion in seminar group. Keep the question straightforward. At the seminar, the class will be divided into 2 gruops and each of you will act as a speaker for the group. Your questions will be discussed in your group in turn, and each group will then report to the class on its findings.
Your seminar paper is based on what takes place during the conversations on topic in the seminar. You must devote the first 40% of the word count to summing up the main ideas that emerged during the workshop. The reminder of the seminar should be your own analysis of what you see as the major issues that need to be considered in order to understand the specific text. The due date for the seminar paper is the week after the workshop presentation and discussion).
c. Essay
Full detail info about the Essay will be included in your Course Outline. The Subnittion date is 2nd of November week 13th.Submission
Submission will be the day of your workshop.
Deadlines
Students are formally notified of essay deadlines well in advance of the due date. Essays handed in after the due date will incur a penalty of 5% deduction per working day, unless an extension has been granted. Essay submitted one week or more after the due date will not be marked. Extensions will only be granted on mediacl grounds (medical certificate required) or in docvumented cases of hardship. Extensions must be requested from the Course Coordinator well in advance of the due date.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
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