las3tss tango, samba, salsa
TANGO, SAMBA, SALSA AND SOCIETY: LATIN AMERICA THROUGH MUSIC AND FOOD
LAS3TSS
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This historically-based Latin American Studies core subject uses popular culture, in particular, music, food, and drugs to explore political, economic, social and cultural themes in Latin American history. Tango is employed to analyse Argentina, Samba to understand Brazil, and Son/Salsa to examine Cuba. The history of Latin Americans in the United States and U.S. foreign policy in Latin America are also investigated. We also will especially look at the Cold War and the globalisation of neo-liberalism and culture as well as the issues of the Mexican and Colombian Drug Wars.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorRalph Newmark
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Must have completed 60cp of 1st year level subjects.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Assimilate historians' lines of arguments in relation to visual materials, placing the arguments and the sources in their contexts.
- Activities:
- Primary and Secondary document reviews and possibly the Major research essay.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
02. Discuss disciplinary skills as articulated in readings and as modelled in lectures.
- Activities:
- All
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Speaking(Speaking)
03. Identify and assimilate sources, lines of argument and evidence, and schools of thought on a history topic.
- Activities:
- Major research essay and Primary and Secondary document reviews.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
04. Identify some ways historians show continuity and change the contexts in a past.
- Activities:
- Major research essay and Primary and Secondary document reviews.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
05. Identify some ways historians use the present to shape their interpretations of the past.
- Activities:
- Major research essay and Primary and Secondary document reviews
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
06. Investigate aspects of the historiography on a historical topic and frame a response in any one of a variety of history genres.
- Activities:
- Major research essay and Primary and Secondary document reviews.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
07. Present a properly referenced essay plan using primary and secondary sources to frame a line of argument about an aspect of a past.
- Activities:
- Plan on proposed major essay and its thesis.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
08. Write properly-referenced essays using primary and secondary sources to frame a line of argument about an aspect of a past, including a bibliography.
- Activities:
- Major research essay.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Writing(Writing)
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