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Seminar on Latin American Studies Spring 1998 #69934 Tuesdays 9:50-11:10, Hickman 205, DC Fridays 9:50-11:10, Hickman 210, DC |
Prof. Marcone
Tues. &
Fri. 11:30 - 12:30
Carpender
House 301
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| Proposal and Bibliography | 20% |
| Student Seminar | 20% |
| Final Paper, First Draft | 20% |
| Final Paper, Web Site | 20% |
| Class Participation | 20% |
| JANUARY | CLASS | ASSIGNMENT |
| Tues 20 | Introduction | - Veja, # 1527, Dec. 24, 1997. Issue on Amazonia. |
| Fri 23 | Current Amazonian Affairs: Amazon Journal, dir. Geoffrey O'Connor (1995) |
- Raymond Williams, selection from
Keywords. A Vocabulary of Culture and Society. Revised Edition.
New York: Oxford UP, 1983.
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| Tues 27 | "Ecology" and "Environmentalism" | - Raymond Williams, "Ideas of Nature," Problems in Materialism and Culture. London: Verso, 1980. |
| Fri 30 | "Ecology" and "Environmentalism" | - Anna Bramwell, Introduction and "The Manichean Ecologist," Ecology in the 20th Century: A History. New Haven: Yale UP, 1989. |
| FEBRUARY | CLASS | ASSIGNMENT |
| Tues 3 | "Ecology" and "Environmentalism" | - Leopoldo Zea, "Naturaleza y cultura." Casa de las Americas XXXIV, #192 (julio-septiembre) 1993. |
| Fri 6 | Sustainable Development | - Kari Keipi, "Reducing Deforestation in Latin America," Economic Development and Environmetal Protection in L.A. Eds. Joseph Tulchin and Andrew I. Rudman. Boulder: Lynne Reiner, 1991. |
| Tues 10 | Sustainable Development | - John O. Browder, "Alternative Rainforest Uses," Economic Development and Environmetal Protection in L.A. Eds. Joseph Tulchin and Andrew I. Rudman. Boulder: Lynne Reiner, 1991. |
| Fri 13 | Political Ecology of Sustainable Development |
- Richard Peet and Michael Watts, "Liberation Ecology: Development, Sustainability,and Environment in an Age of Market Triumphalism." Liberation Ecologies: Environment, Development, Social Movements. London: Routledge, 1996. |
| Tues 17 | Political Ecology of Sustainable Development |
- Richard Peet and Michael Watts, "Liberation Ecology." (cont.) |
| Fri 20 | No classes | Conference: LA CHISPA (LSU) |
| Tues 24 | Political Ecology of Sustainable Development |
- Arturo Escobar, "Constructing Nature: Elements for a Poststructural Political Ecology." Liberation Ecologies: Environment, Development, Social Movements. London: Routledge, 1996. |
| Fri 27 | Political Ecology of Sustainable Development |
- Arturo Escobar, "Constructing
Nature: Elements for a Poststructural Political Ecology." (cont.)
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| MARCH | STUDENT SEMINARS | ASSIGNMENT |
| Tues 3 | Student Seminar:
Maritza Gonzalez y Paola Roncancio. "Biodiversidad en la Amazonia colombiana" |
- Gonzalo Halffter and Exequiel Ezcurra, "La diversidad biologica de Ibero-america." |
| Fri 6 | Continuation | - "Colombia, al rescate de los parques naturales," AUPEC (Agencia Universitaria de Periodismo Cientifico). |
| Tues 10 | Student Seminar:
Corali Torres y Brian Rockwell "Sustainable Development in the Amazon: Looking at the aspects of industrial development in the 21st century." |
- L. F. Sedrez, and H. Acselrad. "Sustainability: Discourses and Disputes", Workshop on Sustainability: Non-Governmental Perspectives, IBASE/WEED, Rio de Janeiro, February 15, 1995. Download it from L. F. Sedrez page. |
| Fri 13 | Continuation | - N. Patrick Peritore, "Biotechnology: Political Economy and Environmetnal Impacts." Biotechnology in Latin America: Politics, Impacts and Risks. Eds. N. Patrick Peritore and Ana Karina Galve-Peritore. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1995. |
| Tues 17 | No classes | Spring Break |
| Fri 20 | No classes | Spring Break |
| Tues 24 | El hombre y su medio: la
selva, prod. CETUC (Peru) Reserva de Biosfera del Manu, dir. Alejandro Guerrero |
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| Fri 27 | Student Seminar:
Celia Morante y Liz Cerne "Oil Industry and Ecuador's Amazonian Peoples" |
- Maria Fernanda Espinoza, "The March for Life, Territory and Dignity: Ethnicity, Nationhood and Environmentalism in the Ecuadorian Amazon," Unpublished manuscript. |
| Tues 31 | Continuation | |
| APRIL | STUDENT SEMINARS | ASSIGNMENT |
| Fri 3 | No classes | Distinguished Lecturer Series (RU) |
| Tues 7 | Student Seminar:
Joe Aloi y Harmony Thompson "The World Bank and Indigenous People in the Amazon" |
- D. Michael Warren, Using Indigenous Knowledge in Agricultural Development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Discussion Papers, #127. |
| Fri 10 | Continuation | - Leslie E. Sponsel, "Relationships
Among the World System, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecological Anthropology
in the Endangered Amazon." Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Amazonia.
Ed. Leslie E. Sponsel. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1995.
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| Tues 14 | Follow-up Final Papers. | |
| Fri 17 | No classes | Conference: Center for the Study of Theory and Criticism (CAN) |
| Tues 21 | Student Seminar:
Magalis Azcona y Melissa Tinsman "Interrogando las Imagenes de la Amazonia a traves del Consumo" |
- Candace Slater, "Amazonia as Edenic Narrative." Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature. Ed. W. Cronon. New York: Norton, 1995. |
| Fri 24 | Continuation | - "Declaracion de Principios" and "Plan de Accion," from the Americas Summit, Miami, 1994. |
| Tues 28 | Designing your Website. Computer Lab at the Language Institute. |
- Lise Fernanda Sedrez, "US NGOs and The Representation of the Amazon: The Experience of Coalition." |
| MAY | CLASS | ASSIGNMENT |
| Fri 1 | Designing your Website. Computer Lab at the Language Institute. |
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| Fri 8 |