CHID 200 A: Art, Memory, and Violence in the Americas

ART, MEMORY, AND VIOLENCE IN THE AMERICAS (AH, SSC) ___ STUDENTS WILL THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT ART, VIOLENCE, MEMORY AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM IN THE AMERICAS. CENTERING WHAT PERUVIAN SCHOLAR ANIBAL QUIJANO TERMED 'THE COLONIALITY OF POWER', WE WILL EXAMINE DISCOURSES OF STATE AUTHORITARIANISM, GENDERED STRATEGIES OF TORTURE, AND THE ROLE OF RACE IN POLITICAL VIOLENCE. STUDENTS WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE POLITICS OF STRUGGLE, RESILIENCE AND HOPE. IN ADDITION TO ETHNOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS, WE WILL RELY ON FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, HISTORICAL FICTION, PLAYS, AND TESTIMONIALS TO INTERROGATE THE COMPLEXITIES AND INTERSECTIONS OF ART, MEMORY, AND VIOLENCE IN THE AMERICAS.