Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Consuelo Martinez Reyes
Co-Convenor
Ella Dixon
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
SPN301
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit extends the abilities of students studying Spanish at an advanced level by studying the social and political movements in Spain and Latin American that have shaped their development. The unit looks into the impact of ethnic/regional, anti-globalisation and social justice movements, such as the Resources Wars in Bolivia; and the Piqueteros in Argentina. It is expected that through lectures and seminars students learn about the synergy of the Hispanic world and become inspired to embark on further research on the topic.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Participation | 20% | No | Ongoing |
Essay draft | 10% | No | Week 5 |
Presentation | 10% | No | Week 7 |
Essay | 30% | No | Week 9 |
Final In Class Test | 30% | No | Week 13 |
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%
This unit has a strong emphasis on class participation. This entails engagement with both the lecture and reading materials as well as with other students' contribution to the class discussion. Tutorials will explore the content and themes from the weekly lecture and readings while students will be expected to engage in a critical analysis of unit readings.
In lieu of class participation, external students are encouraged to contribute to class through commenting in lecture recordings and/or VoiceThreads.
Consideration requests for absences need to be submitted online via https://ask.mq.edu.au.
If you should arrive late, it is your responsibility to ensure you are marked on the class roll and to find out what you have missed.
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 10%
Preliminary version of the research essay. This is meant to enable a 'scaffolding' experience of essay-building. Your draft must include:
1. an abstract presenting the issue and your hypothesis (250 words).
2. a summary of the issues surrounding the matter at hand (500 words). This text, once edited following feedback, may function as the introduction to your research essay. The summary should not repeat the abstract but rather present a panoramic view of the issue at hand in order to present the essay's hypothesis in context.
3. a preliminary bibliography (min. 6 items) with a brief summary (50 words, + 30w for item itself) for each entry explaining its relevance within the essay (6 x 80 = 480w approx.).
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 10%
10-minute seminar presentation of your researched case study as it stands thus far, followed by a Q&A session with peers. Student is expected to include a 'state of the matter', hypothesis, and examples, and utilize Q&A session as a means to develop the considerations and conclusion of his/her research essay.
External students are expected to leave comments on each other's presentations, uploaded in the external students' Presentations Voicethread.
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 30%
Students will propose a question that looks into and examines a situation linked to one of the topics discussed within the context of one Latin American country, presenting it as a "case study" of the issue at hand. The conclusion should present a "state of the matter" in the country elected. 3,000 words.
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 30%
A cumulative test will be conducted IN CLASS in Week 13. It is based on the topics covered during the entire semester.
Selected readings will be provided through ILearn.
SPN325: Rebellion and Change
Unit schedule
Week |
Topic |
Assessment reminder |
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Introduction to the course. Historical (colonial) subjects: class, race, gender, religion, economy |
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1 |
2 |
Recent history: military dictatorships, communism, foreign interventions, anti-imperialism |
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2 |
3 |
Post-cold war Latin America: neoliberalism and democratisation, electoralism/elite democracy |
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3 |
4 |
Post-colonialism and de-colonial struggles: el ‘buen vivir’, Zapatismo |
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4 |
5 |
Contemporary Latin American politics: populism, political culture and cultural politics |
Essay draft |
5 |
6 |
Extractivism, privatisation, land rights, indigenous, peasant resistance: Cochabamba, Bolivia; Cheran, Mexico; MST, Brazil |
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6 |
7 |
Presentations |
Presentations |
7 |
8 |
Student movements and education: elites, privatisation, technical knowledge, cheap labour, human capital, exclusion and resistance- Chile, Colombia, and Mexico |
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8 |
9 |
State terror and anti-systemic social movements: Ayotzinapa, Mexico; piqueteros, Argentina; Passe livre, Brazil |
Research Essay |
9 |
10 |
Narcotrafico and narcoculture: Mexico and Colombia |
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10 |
11 |
Gender: feminicidio and feminist struggles |
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11 |
12 |
Sexuality and popular culture |
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12 |
13 |
Final in class test |
Final in class test |
13 |
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