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SPANSH 105 - Colonial and Post-Colonial: Literary Liberties in Latin America

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017
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Hierarchies established by the Conquest continue to color Latin American culture, often along racial lines. Independence often meant replacing Iberian bureaucrats with rich white Creoles. And abolition never managed to abolish the habits of racism practiced so long they can seem normal, unremarkable. But literary liberties unsettle norms; they trouble complacent readers and authorize minority subjects. Art disrupts structures and wields agency.

Authors include: El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Guamán Poma de Ayala, Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Rigoberta Menchú, Fray Bartolomé de...

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AESTHINT 13 - Rx: Arts for Global Health

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017
Course Website
Technical remedies alone seldom address the complex challenges of global health. Fear or humiliation may interfere with diagnosis and available treatments. Stigma or ignorance of causes and cures can create escalating epidemics. So innovative health providers have learned to rely on creative interventions through the arts and, by extension, through creative education.

Inspired by The Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University, our course considers the dynamic between health conditions and conditions for health, as well as responses to those conditions, both... Read more about AESTHINT 13 - Rx: Arts for Global Health