Undergraduate Course: Development and Decolonization in Latin America (GEGR10114)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Geography |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course introduces students to key theoretical perspectives in Latin American development geography, including dependency theory, postdevelopment, feminist approaches and the MCD paradigm. Drawing on a wide range of historical and contemporary case studies from across the continent, it will explore the main development challenges facing the region and the diverse and creative ways in which people respond to them. Students will also gain an in-depth knowledge of how these processes can be theorized. The course will be delivered through a weekly two hour class meeting that will combine lectures, class discussions, and student presentations. Visual media including documentaries and YouTube clips will be used to illustrate and provoke engagement with core concepts. Students will gain insights on Latin American development from geography, development studies and cultural studies. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 36 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Have a knowledge of key theoretical perspectives in Latin American development and be able to critically evaluate their significance
2. Be able to recognise, analyse, interpret and critique development discourses related to Latin American development
3. Have a sense of the ways in which the cultural, the economic, the political and the social are entangled in Latin American development practice and theory
4. Understand the importance of everyday media geographies in Latin America in representing, making and contesting development
5. Have an in-depth understanding of the modernity/coloniality/decoloniality research paradigm and be able to apply it to specific development issues |
Assessment Information
Comparative critique and review 20%
Development issue essay 40%
Decolonial option essay 40%
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
See above |
| Syllabus |
Week 1 - Introduction to course
Week 2 - A history of Latin American development
Week 3 - Economic development
Week 4 - Political struggles
Week 5 - Environmental politics
Week 6 - Identity politics
Week 7 - Student presentations
Week 8 - Indigenizing development
Week 9 - Media and communication for development
Week 10 - Decolonial option I
Week 11 - Decolonial option II
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| Transferable skills |
Reading, writing, analysing, communicating, group work |
| Reading list |
Cupples, J. (2013) Latin American Development. London: Routledge
Andolina, R., Laurie, N. and Radcliffe, S. (2009) Indigenous Development in the Andes: Culture, Power, and Transnationalism. Durham: Duke University Press
Chant, S. and Craske, N. (2003) Gender in Latin America. London: Latin America Bureau
del Sarto, A. Ríos, A. and Trigo, A. (eds) The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader. Durham: Duke University Press
Escobar, A. (1995) Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princeton : Princeton University Press
Escobar, A. (2008) Territories of Difference: Place, Movements, Life, Redes. Durham: Duke University Press
Franko, P. (2007) The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development. 3rd ed. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield
Galeano, E. (1971) Las Venas Abiertas de América Latina. México: Siglo XXI
García Canclini, N. (2001) Consumers and Citizens: Globalization and Multicultural Conflicts. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
Panizza, F. (2009) Contemporary Latin America: Development and Democracy Beyond the Washington Consensus. London: Zed Books
Roberts, J. T and Thanos, D. T. (2003) Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America. London: Routledge
Wade, P. (1997) Race and Ethnicity in Latin America. London: Pluto Press
Williamson, E. (2009) The Penguin History of Latin America. London: Penguin
Special issue of Cultural Studies on Globalization and the De-colonial Option 21(2-3), 2007
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
11 two hour classes |
| Keywords | Latin America, development decolonisation, gender, media, environment, neoliberalism, indigeneity, s |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Julie Cupples
Tel: (0131 6)51 4315
Email: Julie.Cupples@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Beth Muir
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: beth.muir@ed.ac.uk |
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