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By the end of this module, students should have:
1. A foundational knowledge of critical, radical, feminist, postcolonial and decolonial geographies and of their historical and epistemological critiques of Euro-centrism in the context of present social, geopolitical and environmental issues in Latin America.
2. Gained a critical understanding of theoretical and methodological approaches targeting the development of a personal research project on the above topics, drawing on current literature and based on a chosen problematic. For this, every student will be requested to expose weekly scholarly texts chosen in the module’s reading lists or proposed by the student, to critically examine these texts and to explain how they can be used to build a research plan.
3. Developed capacity to conceive a research project on one of the above topics and to write it according to international standards, to be able to use it for future personal plans (MA dissertation, PhD applications, etc.). Personal feedback on the project’s topics and on the way of writing it will be provided all along the module.
4. All the module’s core readings and didactic materials are in English, but the capacity to read texts in another language between Spanish, Portuguese and French might be considered a plus, and the students with these skills will be encouraged to engage with original texts in these languages for their individual research projects.
Introduction to the module
Introducing Latin American scholarship: problems with territory
Subaltern studies and decoloniality
Beyond development: lessons from Latin America
Latin American social movements - which radical action?
Guest lecture by a South American scholar (TBD)
Cases from the Latin American Left, and their critiques
Race: mocambos quilombos and favelas
Latin American critical and feminist geographies: the rising of women
Cities and social movements in Latin America
Fields and social movements in Latin America
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 20 |
Specified Learning Activities | 85 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 70 |
Total | 175 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Project: Essay Assignment preliminary Plan | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Continuous Assessment: Reading summaries and papers' presentation all along the semester (seminar classes) | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Essay: Essay Assignment | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Dr Christine Bonnin | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |