NB this syllabus is subject to change, in consultation with students leading the relevant weeks. Optional reading suggestions may also be added.<\/p>\n
Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n week 1: intro; Russell Brand on revolution: \u201cWe no longer have the luxury of tradition\u201d<\/a>; David Graeber, “A Practical Utopian\u2019s Guide to the Coming Collapse”<\/a>.<\/p>\n week 2: Thomas Jefferson, The “Tree of Liberty” Letter<\/a> and Letter to James Madison<\/a>; Maximillien Robespierre, “Justification of the Use of Terror”<\/a>; Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n I. The Mexican Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n week 3: Viva Zapata!<\/em> (I understand that you can watch the movie for free here<\/a>, though you have to open an account to do so; or you can pay to watch it on YouTube<\/a>; alternatively, I can and will screen it for those who wish on campus.)<\/p>\n week 4: The Underdogs<\/em><\/p>\n week 5: Cartucho<\/em><\/p>\n II. Che Guevara<\/strong><\/p>\n week 6: Guerrilla Warfare<\/em> <\/p>\n week 7: Che<\/em> (Only Che:Part One<\/em> is required viewing. It looks as though you can see an unsubtitled<\/em> version of the movie here<\/a> or here<\/a>. Mitch tells us he’s found a subtitled option here<\/a>. You can watch the whole film–probably subtitled, though I haven’t checked–for $3.99 on YouTube<\/a>; alternatively, I will screen it for those who wish.)<\/p>\n week 8: The Bolivian Diary<\/em> (At times this is repetitive, so you can probably skim some sections.)<\/p>\n midterm examination<\/em><\/p>\n III. Nicaragua<\/strong><\/p>\n week 9: Fire from the Mountain<\/em><\/a> (See also the movie on YouTube<\/a>.)<\/p>\n week 10: The Country under my Skin<\/em> (Only pages 150-304 are required.)<\/p>\n Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n week 11: a) Sara Ahmed, “Embodying Diversity: Problems and Paradoxes for Black Feminists”<\/a> and Confrontation: Paris, 1968<\/em><\/a>; b) “What is Canada?”<\/a> and Glen Coulthard, “The Colonialism of the Present”<\/a><\/p>\n week 12: The Coming Insurrection<\/em><\/a>; Invisible<\/em><\/a> (read as much or as little as you want)<\/p>\n week 13: conclusions<\/p>\n April 11: Final essay (assignment 6) due<\/p>\n April 29: Reflective essay (for assignment 5) due<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NB this syllabus is subject to change, in consultation with students leading the relevant weeks. Optional reading suggestions may also be added. Introduction week 1: intro; Russell Brand on revolution: \u201cWe no longer have the luxury of tradition\u201d; David Graeber, “A Practical Utopian\u2019s Guide to the Coming Collapse”. week 2: Thomas Jefferson, The “Tree of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span280\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span280\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span280\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span280\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span280\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span280\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span280\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span280\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n