Throughout the semester Students will:
• Recognize and critically assess historical, cultural,
economic and political factors that give rise to Latin political
movements.
• Analyze the ideologies, goals, techniques, successes
and failures of specific Latin American political movements;
• Demonstrate in-depth research and compose individual
scholarship on one of the topics presented throughout the semester.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
(Total = 100%)
Essays 30% (3 at 10% each)
Midterm Exam: 20%
Pamphlet: 10%
Speech: 5%
Design a Movement 5%
Political Art presentation: 10%
Final Paper: 20%
Essays (3 at 10% each): Students
will craft three essays about the political movement of their
choice and present them in class.
• Essay 1: Introduce
your movement. When did it begin? Where does it operate? How
many members does it claim? From what segments of society does
it draw its membership? (2-3 pages). Due on the day the movement
is presented (see schedule).
• Essay 2: Discuss the
historical/political context of your movement. Explain its motivations
and goals. (4-5 pages). Due on 3/9.
• Essay 3: Discuss the
strategies, tactics, successes and failures of your
movement. (3-4 pages). Due on 4/4.
These essays will then be integrated into the
final paper. Please see writing standards toward the end of
the syllabus.
Midterm Exam (20%): Students
will critically analyze the readings in an essay exam.
Pamphlet (10%): Students will
create a pamphlet for their chosen political movement. Pamphlets
must include a mission statement and actions.
Speech (10%): Students will give
a 3-5 minute speech as if they were the leader of their chosen
political movement.
Design a Political Movement (5%):
Students will design their own political movement and attempt
to persuade their fellow students to join them.
Political Art Presentation (10%):
Students, working in groups, will present a 10 minute political
analysis of Latin American art (visual, literary, or musical).
Final Paper (20%): Students will
build upon the research conducted throughout the course and
write a final analysis (not just a report) of their chosen political
movement. Alternatively, students may research another subject
from one of the themes from the course that captures their interest.
Papers must contain a well-reasoned analysis of the subject
at hand, contain at least 8 sources, and be 8-10 pages in length.
Please see writing standards toward the end of this syllabus.
Due on 4/25.
Required Readings:
Peasant Movements:
Petras, James. 2005. “The Centrality of Peasant Movements
in Latin
America: Achievements and Limitations.” Synthesis/Regeneration
v. 38. Online at http://www.greens.org/s-r/38/38-10.html
Edelman, Marc. 2005. “Bringing the Moral Economy back
in . . . to the
Study of 21st-Century Transnational Peasant Movements.”
American Anthropologist, Vol 7:3.
Economic
Freedom
Worker’s Movements:
Novelli, Mario. 2004. “Globalisations, Social Movements,
Unionism and
New Internationalisms: the Role of Strategic Learning in the
Transformation of the Municipal Workers Union of EMCALI 1.”
Globalisation, Societies & Education, Vol. 2,2.
Workers
Union
Liberation Theology:
Girardi, Girulio, 2000. “Liberation Theology: Cry of the
Excluded.”
Available online at: http://movimientos.org/show_text.php3?key=195
Revolutionary Movements:
Karl, T.L. 1992. “El Salvador’s Negotiated Revolution.”
Foreign
Affairs, Vol. 71,2.
salvador.htm
Eckstein, Susan Eva and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley (eds.).
2003. What
Justice? Whose Justice? Fighting for Fairness in Latin America.
Los
Angeles. University of California Press.
Eckstein, Susan Eva and Manuel A. Garreton Merino (eds.). 2001.
Power and Popular
Protest: Latin American Social Movements. Los Angeles. University
of California Press.
Additional readings are available online, or on EBSCO (library
database), or on my website:
http://faculty.adams.edu/~lmcenteno/luna3.htm
Schedule
1/10-1/17: Introduction
To read and discuss:
Chapter 1“ Struggles for Justice in L.A.” in What
Justice?
Chapter 1 “Power and Popular Protest in L.A.” in
Power and
Popular Protest.
Chapter 2 “Social Inequality…” in What Justice?
Chapter 5 “Vicious Cycle of Inequality” in What
Justice?
1/19: Paper 1 due, presentation of movements.
1/24-1/26: Rural movements
To read and discuss:
• Chapter 3 “Peasant Struggles” in Power and
Popular Protest.
• Petras, James. 2005. “The Centrality of Peasant
Movements in
Latin America: Achievements and Limitations.” Synthesis/Regeneration,
v. 38. Online at http://www.greens.org/s-r/38/38-10.html
• Edelman, Marc. 2005. “Bringing the Moral Economy
back in . . . to
The Study of 21st-Century Transnational Peasant Movements.”
American Anthropologist, Vol. 7,3.
Students who have chosen a rural movement will present on 1/26.
1/31-2/2: Labor movements
To read and discuss:
• Chapter 5: “Cultural resistance and Class Consciousness”
in Power
and Popular Protest text.
• Novelli, Mario. 2004. “Globalisations, Social
Movements,
Unionism and New Internationalisms: the Role of Strategic Learning
in the Transformation of the Municipal Workers Union of EMCALI
1.” Globalisation, Societies & Education, Vol. 2,2.
Students who have chosen a labor movement will present on
2/2.
2/7-2/9: Liberation Theology
To read and discuss:
? Chapter 6: “Religion and Popular Protest….”
In Power and Popular
Protest.
? Girardi, Girulio, 2000. “Liberation Theology: Cry of
the Excluded.”
Available online at: http://movimientos.org/show_text.php3?key=195
2/14-2/21: Revolutionary Movements
To read and discuss:
• Chapter 2: “Sendero Luminoso…” in
Power
and Popular Protest text.
• Chapter 4: “Winners, Losers and Also Rans….”
in Power
and Popular Protest text.
• Karl, T.L. 1992. “El Salvador’s Negotiated
Revolution.” Foreign
Affairs, Vol. 71,2.
• Cusicanqui, Silvia Rivera. 2004. “The Roots of
Rebellion II.”
NACLA Report on the Americas, Vol. 38, 3.
Students who have chosen a revolutionary movement will present
on 2/21.
2/23-2/28: Women’s Movements
To read and discuss:
• Chapter 7: “The Personal is Political” in
Power
and Popular Protest text.
• Burton, Barbara. 2004. “The Transmigration of
Rights: Women,
Movement, and the Grassroots in Latin American and Caribbean
Communities.” Development and Change, 35,4.
• Moser, Annalise. “Happy Heterogeneity? Feminism,
Development
and the Grassroots Women’s Movement in Peru.” 2004.
Feminist Studies, 30,1.
Students who have chosen a women’s movement will present
on 2/28.
3/2-3/9: The Politics of Difference; Ethnic movements
To read and discuss:
• Chapters 10 and 12 in What Justice?
• Houghton, Juan and Beverly Bell. 2004. “Latin
American
Indigenous Movements in the Context of Globalization.”
Available online at:
http://iiyc.resist.ca/la_globalization
• Loperena, Gabriel. 2004. “Marginal Power Latin
American
Indigenous Revival.” Harvard International Review. Available
online at:
http://hir.harvard.edu/articles/1242/
• Thorne, Eva T. 2001. “Ethnic and Race-Based Political
Organization and
Mobilization in Latin America:Lessons for Public Policy.”
Submitted at the Dialogue on Race, Ethnicity and Inclusion.
Washington DC. InterAmerican Development Bank. Available online
at:
http://www.thedialogue.org/iac/eng/pubs/documents/EthnicandRaceBasedPoliticalOrganization.pdf
• Wade, Peter. “Cimarron: Afro-Colombian Mobilization.”
Available
online at: http://diaspora.northwestern.edu/mbin/WebObjects/DiasporaX.woa/wa/displayArticle?at
omid=689
• Sanchez, Margarita. “Best Practices in Afro-Latin
Community
Development: Available online at: http://www.iadb.org/sds/doc/SOC_MargaritaSanchez.pdf
Students who have chose an Indigenous or Afro-Latin movement
will present on 3/9.
Essay 2 due 3/9
3/13 – 3/17: Spring Break.
3/21 –3/23: I am Cuba documentary.
Midterm exam due on 3/23.
3/28 –3/30: Speech and brochures.
4/4 – 4/6: Design your own movement.
Essay 3 due on 4/4.
4/11—4/13: Romero.
4/18—4/20: Political art group projects.
4/25—4/27: Political art presentations.
Final paper due on 4/25.
5/2—5/5: Finals:
To read and discuss: “Where have all the social movements
gone?” In
Power and Popular Protest text.