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Spanish 251A\/B: Gender & Race in Latin America<\/strong>
OLE CORE: WAC & WLC
Section A<\/span>: Prof. Jonathan O\u2019Conner MWF 9:05-10:00
Section B<\/span>: Prof. Ariel Strichartz MWF 2:00-2:55
This course focuses on gender and race in Latin America and explores gender roles, femicide, intersectionality, activism, and Latin America\u2019s deep-rooted history of activism and resistance to oppression. To capture a wide range of experiences and voices, we work with short stories, articles, podcasts, films, songs, and poems from across Latin America. We include objective sources that focus on providing information, as well as subjective sources that narrate human experiences \u2013 people\u2019s stories. In the process, we also work on developing our academic language skills in Spanish, especially through writing with the use of textual evidence. Includes
participation in 3 out-of-class conversation groups.

Note: Spanish 250 (equivalent to Spanish 251) is the first course in the Spanish major but is open to any student who has completed Spanish 232 or placed into the 250-level. 250-level courses cannot be repeated, and students cannot count both 250 and 251 for the Spanish major. Either Spanish 250 or 251 counts as the prerequisite for 270-level courses and above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 272: Cultures of Latin America – Salud y cuidado m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las fronteras<\/strong>
OLE CORE: OEP & WLC
Prof. Mariana Reyes Pay\u00e1n T 11:45-1:10 \/ Th 12:45-2:05
Prerequisite: Spanish 250 or 251<\/em>
En la actualidad, el aumento de la violencia, la incertidumbre pol\u00edtica, as\u00ed como de los desastres naturales y econ\u00f3micos contin\u00faan afectando a poblaciones vulnerables. A pesar de que la Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial de la Salud considera “the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being\u201d”, el acceso a atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica sigue siendo profundamente desigual.

Este curso aplica una perspectiva de salud p\u00fablica, adem\u00e1s de centrarse en narrativas personales para ayudarnos a repensar los conceptos de salud y cuidado. A trav\u00e9s del an\u00e1lisis de narraciones autobiogr\u00e1ficas, documentales y m\u00e1s obras de escritura creativa de ficci\u00f3n y no ficci\u00f3n, examinaremos los desaf\u00edos estructurales relacionados con la salud y cuidado que enfrentan los migrantes de Latinoam\u00e9rica, espec\u00edficamente de M\u00e9xico y Am\u00e9rica Central a lo largo de la ruta migratoria y dentro de los EE. UU. Nuestro an\u00e1lisis se centrar\u00e1 en problemas de salud p\u00fablica, incluyendo los derechos reproductivos, el anti-capacitismo, y las barreras ling\u00fc\u00edsticas y culturales para recibir atenci\u00f3n institucional. Adem\u00e1s, examinaremos c\u00f3mo el trauma sist\u00e9mico impacta la salud f\u00edsica y mental a largo plazo.

Finalmente, exploraremos el arte y la literatura, adem\u00e1s de la expresi\u00f3n creativa como herramientas valiosas para imaginar formas alternativas de cuidado para procesar situaciones de trauma colectivo. Este curso tiene un componente de ACE. Curso en espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 275: Exploring Hispanic Literature – Desafiando fronteras y g\u00e9nero(s) en M\u00e9xico<\/strong>
OLE CORE: CRE
Prof. Mariana Reyes Pay\u00e1n T 1:20-2:45 \/ Th 2:15-3:35
Prerequisite: Spanish 250 or 251<\/em>
Este curso familiariza a l@s estudiantes con t\u00e9cnicas b\u00e1sicas del an\u00e1lisis textual a la vez que desarrolla sus habilidades orales y escritas. Adem\u00e1s proporciona una comprensi\u00f3n m\u00e1s profunda de la cultura y, el pensamiento literario de M\u00e9xico contempor\u00e1neo. L@s estudiantes ejercitar\u00e1n su pensamiento cr\u00edtico mediante el an\u00e1lisis de una variedad de materiales de producci\u00f3n cultural (ficci\u00f3n, no ficci\u00f3n, poes\u00eda, etc.), que, a su vez, abordan una amplia gama de temas y desaf\u00edos sociales.

Exploraremos la producci\u00f3n mexicana prestando atenci\u00f3n especial a los distintos desaf\u00edos y roles que han tenido las mujeres en la configuraci\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico contempor\u00e1neo. A trav\u00e9s de la exposici\u00f3n a diversas narrativas (literatura y arte en general) analizaremos c\u00f3mo las voces femeninas en M\u00e9xico han desafiado las estructuras de poder tradicionales, transformado la pol\u00edtica y provocado revoluciones culturales al enfrentarse a la violencia sist\u00e9mica, los estereotipos de g\u00e9nero y las expectativas sociales. En este proceso, examinaremos de cerca m\u00faltiples formas de resistencia que van desde el desaf\u00edo de g\u00e9neros literarios establecidos, pasando tambi\u00e9n por resistencia ling\u00fc\u00edstica, hasta el cuestionamiento de los roles sociales preestablecidos. En general, pensaremos las resistencias comunales e individuales que estas autoras y activistas despliegan a trav\u00e9s de sus historias, escritos y acciones para reclamar su agencia.

Asimismo, el sal\u00f3nn de clases ser\u00e1 un espacio para ejercitar nuestra propia capacidad de cuestionar las narrativas y estructuras sociales dominantes, pensar en alternativas y asumir un rol activo frente a las realidades que nos rodean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 276: Spanish as a First and Second Language<\/strong>
Prof. Jamison Garc\u00eda Ram\u00edrez MWF 1150-1245PM
Prerequisite: Spanish 250 or Spanish 251<\/em>
\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa hablar bien una lengua? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 es el espa\u00f1ol una lengua minoritaria en los
Estados Unidos? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 se ense\u00f1a el espa\u00f1ol como una lengua extranjera y no como una
segunda lengua en los Estados Unidos? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 los libros de texto de espa\u00f1ol introducen el uso de \u201cvosotros\u201d pero no \u201cvos\u201d? \u00bfQu\u00e9 es Spanglish y qui\u00e9n lo habla? This course will critically explore these, and other, questions related to the acquisition and use of Spanish as first, Heritage, and second language in a social context. The course introduces the cognitive and social processes involved in learning, acquiring, and using Spanish as a second language. In addition, Span 276 explores Spanish as a first and Heritage language through the study of the different varieties of Spanish spoken in the Spanish-speaking world, with particular emphasis on Spanish and English bilingualism in the U.S. The questions also invite us to look at the intersections between language and identity. In order to do all this, this course will introduce some foundational notions from the fields of Second Language Acquisition, Hispanic Linguistics, and sociolinguistics. This course is required for the Spanish major. Counts for Linguistic Studies concentration and counts for RACE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 311: Language, Power, & Ideology<\/strong>
Prof. Maggie Broner MWF 12:55-1:50
Prerequisites: Spanish 250 or 251 and Spanish 276<\/em>
Counts for REGGS, Latin American Studies, and Applied Linguistics Studies
This course introduces students to the study of language as it intersects with systems of power informed by different language ideologies. The course will include a critical view of language from the perspectives of \u201clanguage regard\u201d (Preston), \u201cglotopolitics\u201d (del Valle), and \u201crestorative justice\u201d (Glenn Martinez). These three theoretical lenses will be used to study several \u201clanguage issues\u201d such as: the standardization of Spanish, the use of inclusive language, indigenous language minority rights, language planning in the USA, Spain, and Latin America. . In addition, in this course we will analyze different multimodal discourses present in a number of \u201clinguistic objects\u201d such as the preamble to the first Spanish language grammar (Nebrija), official documents from the Real Academia de la Lengua Espa\u00f1ola, La Enciclopedia del Espa\u00f1ol en los Estados Unidos, textbooks, social media, oral discourses, and one banned book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanish 399: Seminar in Spanish Studies – El Caribe digital: memoria, cultura y humanidades p\u00fablicas<\/strong>
Prof. Kristina Medina-Vilari\u00f1o T 9:35-11:00 \/ Th 9:30-10:50
Prerequisite: Spanish 250 or 251 and at least one 270-level course<\/em>
\u00bfQu\u00e9 significa estudiar el Caribe en la era digital? \u00bfQui\u00e9n decide qu\u00e9 historias se conservan en un archivo y cu\u00e1les quedan fuera? \u00bfC\u00f3mo puede un mapa digital, una historia oral, un podcast o una colecci\u00f3n de im\u00e1genes contar historias diferentes sobre el Caribe y sus di\u00e1sporas? \u00bfQu\u00e9 responsabilidades tenemos cuando transformamos las experiencias y memorias de otras personas en investigaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica? This seminar critically explores these and other questions at the intersection of Caribbean Studies, digital humanities, memory, and public scholarship. Students will examine how digital projects can document and interpret Caribbean histories, cultures, migrations, identities, and diasporic experiences while considering questions of colonialism, race, language, representation, access, authorship, and ethics. The course is connected to the Caribbean Studies Lab and includes an Academic Civic Engagement (ACE) component through which students will engage with community partners, researchers, artists, archives, or other collaborators connected to the Caribbean and its diasporas. Students will learn basic approaches to digital and community-engaged research; no previous experience with digital humanities, programming, or web design is required. Working individually or in small groups, students will develop a small, manageable digital public humanities project in conversation with a community or project partner. Possible projects include a short digital exhibit, annotated map, oral history, podcast, digital story, or curated collection of archival materials. Projects will develop through simple stages\u2014identifying a question, researching, collaborating, creating a prototype, receiving feedback, revising, and sharing the final work\u2014with emphasis on critical inquiry, ethical collaboration, Spanish-language communication, and public scholarship rather than technological sophistication.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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