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This is an index of blog-posts related to the theme of Latin America and Anthropology. These blog-posts are part of a larger web-page series about teaching Latin America. The series includes:

  • The Latin America & Caribbean Anthropology 2021 course which blogged through the second edition of The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean by Harry Sanabria.
  • The 2019 Teaching Latin America and the 2019 Latin America Course Outline.
  • The 2016 Teaching Latin America and Caribbean Anthropology and the Student Projects.
  • Anthropologists Studying Immigration in the United States (May 2013).
  • The very first post that launched the series, from 2012: Teaching: Latin America & Caribbean.

The most current blog-post is about “Upstate Latinx” a course I’ll be teaching in fall 2021. I’m planning to use the book by Ronald Mize Latina/o Studies.

Upstate Latinx

Harvest of Empire - Latinx Latina/o Studies

A course on “Upstate Latinx” as part of the “Discover Your Place” seminar series. Using the book Latina/o Studies by Ronald Mize.

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Trade

Contraband Corridor: Trade & Making a Living at the Mexico-Guatemala Border

Please share your thoughts on the best anthropological readings on trade and exchange! The December issue of Open Anthropology will feature 15 articles on trade.

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Boundaries, Borders, Walls

Flores - No Border Walls - Boundaries

Human history is marked by migration, cooperation, group permeability, & interconnection. Recent efforts to build walls harms human potential.

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Teaching Latin America 2019

Poole - Companion to Teaching Latin America

Resources for teaching Latin America and Caribbean 2019 themes anthropologically in a one-month intensive undergraduate-level class.

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Anthropology in Brazil

Anthropology in Brazil - Antropologia Uma Introdução

Suggestions for the main subjects to include in an anthropology textbook for teaching introduction to anthropology in Brazil.

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Anthropology & US Immigration

Terrio - Unaccompanied Undocumented Children in US Immigration Custody - Studying Immigration

There is a lot of great anthropology studying immigration in the United States. Immigration is central to the study of anthropology and to humanity.

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Venezuela & Anthropology

Schiller - Channeling the State - Will Venezuela Recover

With the Venezuela elections, questions of “Will Venezuela recover?” or “Will Venezuela collapse?” arise. Anthropological resources for longer-term perspective.

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Volunteer Tourism

Stocker - Tourism and Cultural Change in Costa Rica - Volunteer Tourism

Readings and suggestions on Volunteer Tourism for an undergraduate anthropology student doing qualitative research in Costa Rica.

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Student Projects 2016

In the Hartwick College J Term 2016 course, “Peoples & Cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean,” students emerged with a rich array of final projects.

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Latin America 2016

Latin America 2016

A 2016 book list for teaching Latin America & Caribbean Anthropology attempting to understand common themes in processes occurring across the Americas

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Indigenous Allies & Politics of Empire

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

The indigenous allies in Matthew Restall’s Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest point to contingent histories, not the inevitability of guns, germs & steel.

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Teaching: Latin America & Caribbean 2012

Sanabria - Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean

Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean is less about “peoples and cultures” and more about processes at work across the Americas.

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Elizabeth Brumfiel, In Memoriam

Elizabeth Brumfiel

Dr. Elizabeth Brumfiel, Professor of Anthropology & Archaeology at Northwestern University and an inspiring scholar, will be greatly missed.

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Fernando Coronil, In Memoriam

Fernando Coronil - The Magical State

Fernando Coronil worked toward the moral optimism of anthropology, “energizing struggles to build a world made of many worlds.”

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Culture Doesn’t Matter

Culture Matters

Does culture matter? Anthropology promoted culture, but the book “Culture Matters”–and David Brooks–reveal a perverted idea of culture.

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