Dr. Junge's Blog (Summer 2018)

PART 1:  Conquest and Colonization in Latin America, 1500-1800 Associated Readings Eduardo Galeano, selections from Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, pp. 175-199 (1971) Harry Sanabria, "Conquest, colonialism, and resistance," The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean, pp. 76-109 (2007) For the first half of this week's blog, please watch the following online lecture. PART 2:  The Rise of Neoliberalism Associated Readings   Tom Chodor, “The Neoliberal World Order,” pp. 45-64 Introduction Our goal in the paragraphs that follow is to get familiar with the political-economic paradigm known as “neoliberalism.”  As I will show, neoliberal globalization is the dominant form of globalization in today’s world.  In contemporary South America, neoliberalism is both extremely influential and extremely contested .  As such, it is imperative that we come to an understanding of where neolib

NOTE: Before you get started, install Google Earth on your computer.  Using Google Earth, try to find the various places mentioned in the text below. Associated Readings Harry Sanabria, “Introducing Latin America and the Caribbean,” from The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean, pp. 17-49 (2007) Peter Smith, “A tale of two presidents,” from Democracy in Latin America, pp. 1-15 (2005) Matt Sandy, “Dilma Rousseff’s Impeachment Is the Start of Brazil’s Crisis—Not the End,” TIME Magazine , September 21, 2016 PART 1:  GEOGRAPHY Why does this map look funny? Where is South America and is it the same thing as “Latin America”?  The answers to these two questions, it turns out, are not so simple.  In part, this is because here in the United States, we often use the terms inaccurately and inconsistently.  To be fair, most U.S. citizens haven’t traveled to Latin America, so we might not expect them (that is, us ) to know Latin American geogr