SPA380.1 Interculturality, Diversity, and Social Justice in Contemporary Argentina (fall-only Buenos Aires prequel)

SPA380.1 Interculturality, Diversity, and Social Justice in Contemporary Argentina (fall-only Buenos Aires prequel)

Taught in Spanish at FLACSO Argentina (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Argentina). In this class, you’ll study contemporary Argentina from intercultural and multidisciplinary perspectives, introducing you to critical societal issues related to ethnicity, diversity, and social justice in the country.

We’ll focus on the history of waves of migration and their cultural impacts: the Afro-Argentine, indigenous heritage, and youth social movements that have arisen in the last ten years claiming the right to political participation and more equity and social justice. We’ll examine these questions:

  • From what contexts did these social-political movements emerge?
  • How did the movements develop and articulate their demands and strategies?
  • What are the impacts of these social-political issues and movements on national events like soccer, public political demonstrations, and Carnival?
  • What issues remain unresolved?
  • What are the historical roots of elements of cultural heritage — such as Tango, Candombe, Murga — that now loom large in the Argentine national identity?

You’ll have a chance to to learn about these societal issues face to face from those directly involved, as you interview public policy makers, indigenous leaders, young feminists, and representatives of Afro-Argentine organizations, LGBTQ+ and women’s movements, among others.

Upon completion of this course, you’ll be able to:

      • Describe the main themes of Afro-descendant studies in Argentina and the Rio de La Plata Region
      • Describe Argentina’s migratory processes and currents and apply them to an intercultural framework
      • Contextualize and characterize the development of cultural, social diversity, and political fields in terms of intercultural and multicultural approaches
      • Identify and use the proper tools to question the dominant narrative of the “white-European-hetero-patriarchal” Argentine nation and appraise the influence of transnational social-political movements
      • Identify similarities and differences between the United States and Argentina.

      Course note: For Syracuse students, this course counts toward the Spanish major or minor.

      Prereq: SPA 202, four semesters of college-level Spanish, or the equivalent

SPA280.1 Spanish in Action (fall-only Buenos Aires prequel)

Taught in Spanish at FLACSO Argentina (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Argentina).  In this course, you will work with different communicative tasks through a hierarchy and gradation of grammatical and lexical contents and integrated skills. Through conceptual presentations and proactive explanations of oral and written interaction, you will put the language into action in real-world communicative contexts.

The main goal includes the understanding and production of different text types and discursive modes to achieve proper and accurate use of the target language according to the expected level. Completing the course will enable you to:

  • Understand the characteristics of Rioplatense Spanish in different socio-cultural immersion contexts
  • Produce oral and written texts that are grammatically, discursively and contextually correct
  • Increase and consolidate comprehension of Spanish grammatical, lexical and normative system
  • Use Spanish to integrate your learning and previous knowledge within the local culture and environment.

Required for Santiago program students who have completed only three semesters of college-level Spanish.

Course note: For Syracuse students, counts toward Spanish major or minor.

Prereq: SPA 201, three semesters of college-level Spanish, or the equivalent

PAI680.16 Statistical Tools Applied to Political Analysis

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica; may not be offered every semester.  This course introduces some concepts and statistical tools to be applied to the study of political science. These tools allow users to express precise hypotheses about political phenomena and to test these hypotheses in a systematic way, quantify uncertainty of estimates, interpret results, and visualize data in a simple way. Most of the tools will allow the development of linear models (multi-varied) regarding processes of political data generation. The course has a theoretical-practical orientation towards the development of skills, and execution of statistical procedures in the R software environment and Rstudio.

After completing the course, you’ll be able to

  • Explain the importance of measurement of political concepts and its consequences for quantitative data analysis.
  • Apply descriptive and inferential statistical tools to the analysis of political phenomena.
  • Critically evaluate the results of quantitative research in political science.
  • Test statistical hypotheses regarding political phenomena.
  • Design, execute, interpret, and evaluate ordinary least square models.
  • Critically evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of political analysis through observational data.
  • Use R software at a basic level to process and analyze data.

Credit awarded is subject to contact hours, which may vary from semester to semester.

(PUC #ICP 5009)

PST380.5 Cities, Governments, and Quality of Life

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. This course proposes a conceptual and methodological framework intended to identify and evaluate the problems of socio-territorial inequality that are expressed in the urban quality of life, especially in big cities, as part of its process of knowledge diffusion and transferring of its theoretical contexts and its practical exercises. From this perspective, this class is intended to strengthen an ethical commitment to essential values. This commitment should be sustained by higher education and the training of future professionals of several disciplines in order to help them to make a contribution to the construction of a more fair, integrated, and sustainable society.

The goal of the course is to critically approach the relationship between government and quality of life in the contemporary city, considering aspects related to governability, planning, and urban and territorial management in Europe and in Latin America. During the course, students will learn analysis and comparative evaluation methodology of urban quality of life, specifically in different metropolitan areas. “Flipped classrooms” will be held, together with a dialogical exposition of the course contents, field research, and case studies. The course will be evaluated through a group report on case studies, a personal essay, and a written test of theoretical knowledge.

This course may count toward a topical specialization in Policy Studies.

(PUC #IEU2043)

SPA380.14 Women, Music and History

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. The course proposes an alternative view of the history of Western concert music from the perspective of feminist music criticism. You will become conversant in the most relevant concepts stemming from this perspective and will be able to highlight the role that women have played throughout this history as composers, performers, and patrons of music. Drawing from this perspective, students will contribute to the discussion on gender inequality, both in the world of music and in Chilean society today. Students will be evaluated through tests, essays, and class discussions.

After you successfully complete this course, you will be able to:

  • Analyze the problems associated with gender in the field of Western and Chilean concert music and its consequences on the professional development of current music from a feminist perspective.
  • Evaluate the main approaches of Feminist Theory and Feminist Music Criticism. 
  • Distinguish and describe the roles that women have played in the different periods of the history of Western concert music, considering mainly those of composer, performer, and patron. 
  • Assess a selection of the repertoire composed by women in the history of Western concert music. 
  • Analyze texts on music composed by women from a critical perspective.
  • Write critical analyses of music composed by women.

(PUC #MUC957)

SPA480.13 Queer Cinema

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. This course aims to analyze the practical and theoretical key elements in LGBTIQ+ representation in cinema, through its different manifestations in the history of film. This course proposes a critical view of the ethical and aesthetic universe of queer cinema in search of a proper Latin American identity. The class will work using movies observation, queer theory, and other theories post and trans-feminist. Students will write individual essays, bibliographical quizzes, and group presentations.

Students who successfully complete the class will be able to:

  • Analyze the different forms of representation of the LGBTIQ+ community in the history of cinema.
  • Relate the demands of the LGBTIQ+ collective with its diverse manifestations through the history of contemporary cinema.
  • Evaluate the particularities in the production of queer movies in Latin America and find and describe elements of a queer Latin-American identity in movies.
  • Express and elaborate on a critical view of the dominant ethics in cinema, using queer theory and other post and trans-feminist theories.
  • Develop a work procedure to re-evaluate the narratives and forms of representation of LGBTIQ+ identities.

(PUC #COM814)

HOM380.3 Musicological Models I

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. This course encourages reflection about the topic of the renewal of musicology generated by the crisis of modernity; highlights the contributions of the social sciences and cultural studies; and considers the incorporation of new practices, languages, and social subjects to the field of musicological studies. In this course, students will reflect on and analyze the changes produced in contemporary musicology, learn about current study approaches in contemporary musicological research, and contribute to and enrich the field of interdisciplinary musicological thinking.

After successfully completing this class, you will be able to:

  • Recognize the effect of the crisis of modernity on contemporary musicological thinking.
  • Differentiate the American, European, and Latin American proposals and schools in the process of renewal of musicology at the end of the 20th century.
  • Analyze methodological and theoretical contributions of social sciences and cultural studies to the new current musicology.
  • Reflect on changes in the field of unified musicology in Latin America.

(PUC #MUC745)

SPA380.29 Geography of Chile: Space and Society

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. This course is orientated towards the understanding of different elements and factors that have influenced the structure of the national territory, in both natural and cultural areas, with the purpose of delivering the fundamental concepts that facilitate the analysis of the physical, social and economic aspects that explain the diverse ways of occupation and use of Chilean space.  (PUC #GEO111)

May also be registered under LAS380.29.

 

 

SPA480.12 Asia and Latin America

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. Students in this course will undertake an analysis of different Asian societies and their relationships with Latin America from the geographical, spatial, political, and cultural perspectives of both regions and develop an appreciation for how both societies have been integrated into the world economy. The course thus seeks to promote understanding of the “other” and encourages a holistic view of socio-territorial problems through a combination of lectures, the “flipped classroom,” case studies, and bibliographic work. Activities will be evaluated individually and in groups, with an emphasis on the ability of students to critically reflect on the subject.

(PUC #GEO620)

PST380.4 Women and Workforce

Taught in Spanish at Pontificia Universidad Católica; may not be offered every semester. In this course, students will analyze the challenges and problems associated with the participation of women in the world of work. You will review its evolution, evaluate from a critical point of view the way in which the protection of women at work has been legislated, and review the challenges faced by legislations and different societies in this scenario. During the class, lectures will be complemented with team-based and group learning experiences, analysis of bibliographic texts, and case studies. The evaluations will consist of written tests, group debates, and a final oral exam.

In this class, you will:

  • Analyze and compare the historical evolution of women’s participation in the Chilean and international workforces.
  • Reflect on social components, economic factors, and cultural elements associated with the low participation of women in the workforce, both in Chile and abroad.
  • Critically assess the current regulations in connection with the role of women in the workplace and the regulations related to motherhood, co-parenting, equal payment, and policies of non-discrimination based on sex.
  • Discuss the challenges faced by legislatures and societies to promote and encourage the incorporation, performance, and retention of women in the world of work.

(PUC #DER505S)