Unit name | Memory and Political Violence in Latin America |
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Unit code | HISP30096 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. James Hawkey |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The unit provides an overview of memory practices as a point of departure to explore some of the most current ideas and debates about memory and political violence in Latin America, as well as the shape they have taken in particular countries. The unit will use case studies from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua and focus on specific practices of memory such as films, writing, photography, textiles, museums, artivism, music, archives, and the digital space. Each week explores one way of ‘doing’ memory to focus on an issue or debate in the field of memory studies and what it means for our understanding of political violence in the present. In this way, it will equip students with analytical and research skills to engage critically and creatively with the debates of ideas through inquiring into current cultural practices and their connections to the particular socio-political histories of different Latin American countries.
Students will, at the end of the unit, be able to:
1 x 2-hour weekly seminars
1 x photo essay (2000 words plus 5-10 images and captions, 50%), testing ILOs 1-4.
1 x essay (2500 words, 50%), testing ILOs 1-4.
Texts may vary from year to year, depending on staff research interests, but may include the following:
Primary Sources:
Secondary Sources:
Bilbija, Ksenija, and Leigh A. Payne, editors. Accounting for Violence: Marketing Memory in Latin America. Duke University Press, 2011.