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This module introduces key themes in the anthropology of contemporary Latin American societies and politics, examining how historical processes, power structures, and transnational dynamics are expressed in the spaces and experience of everyday life. Employing case studies from across the region, students will engage with ethnographic perspectives on topics including race and ethnicity, urbanization and inequality, globalization and migration, gender and sexuality, violence and insecurity, and citizenship and social movements.
Class lectures and seminar discussions will explore what anthropologically-informed research and analysis can bring to the study of political and social realities and, conversely, what studying politics and power can contribute to our understanding of everyday life in Latin America. We will delve into both common themes and patterns that have shaped the region鈥檚 constellations of social and political power, as well as the great diversity of ways in which its people have negotiated and contested these in daily life and through moments of rupture and change.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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