SPAN 144 PZ -Environ Issues in Latin America

Institution: Pitzer

Description: COURSE TITLE: “Exploitation, Extraction, and Hope: Environmental Issues in Latin America”
From the first colonial contact through to today, Latin America’s wealth of natural resources has been
matched only by the global desire to extract and exploit those resources, with profound effects upon
peoples and communities throughout the region. The social, political, and cultural debates surrounding
Latin America’s relationship to western modernity are awash with representations of and reflections upon
the connection between humans, corporations, nations, and nature. Through diverse media including
chronicles, memoirs, novels, poetry, reports, and both fictional and documentary films, we will explore
issues like extractivism, development, modernization, and activism. Taught in Spanish

Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

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