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ATL 125 Writing:
The American Ethnic and Racial Experience
The Department of American Thought and Language (ATL) is charged
with teaching Tier One of the University's two-tier writing requirement
at Michigan State University.
ATL 125 Writing: The American Ethnic and Racial Experience
- Sect. 013 Tu Th 10:20-12:10
- Sect. 014 TWThF 9:10-10:00
- Sect. 015 TWThF 1:50-2:40
Instructor: E. "Riggy" Lopez
Course Description: Drafting, revising, and editing compositions
derived from readings on the experience of American ethnic and
racial groups to develop skills in narration, persuasion, analysis,
and documentation.
Course Objective: Development of composition skills through
extensive expository writing.
If students want to add these sections or if they have any
questions, please call the ATL Dept. at (517) 355-2400.
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ENG 353 Women
and Literature, 3 credits
M W 1240-200, 107 BH, Malendez
Chicana & Latina Literature
This course will focus on the contemporary novel, poetry,
essay, and short story of the Chicana and other Latinas in the
U.S. We will look at the conjuction of race, class, and gender,
and how these issues play out among the various ethnic groups
represented. We will examine the politics of identity, the representations
of culture, the divergence of feminisms, and questions of sexuality.
We will also read some of the important critical literature which
examines Chicana and Latina expression. Subject to availability,
our authors will inclued, among othr: Ana Castillo, Lorna Dee
Cervantes, Gloria Anzaldua, Denise Chavez, Alicia Gaspar de Alba,
Emma perez, Julia Alvarez, Ana Lydia Cega, Christina Garcia,
Ruth Behar. The course will be run as a seminar with student
presentations and class discussion as important parts of the
requirements.
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ENG 828 Colonial
& Revolutionary American Literature
3 credits, Th 410-700, 106B BH, Malendez
(another course Malendez is instructing)
For more information...please call Dr. Theresa Melendez @ 432-3377
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HA 490, LATIN
AMERICAN ART, section 2 (537049)
1cr. W 7:30-8:20 PM, 108 KAC
Prof. Braden Frieder
A one-credit course, Latin American Art is an introduction
to the art and culture of Latin America. The course will begin
with an overview of the two great Pre-Columbian civilizations
of the Americas, Mexico and Peru. Then, we will discuss the blending
of European and Native American traditions in the Renaissance
and Baroque art of New Spain and Peru. The course will finish
with a discussion of the major movements and themes in modern
Latin American art.
Student grades in the course will be based on several short
quizzes and a comprehensive final examination.
Major topics/issues will include:
1. What were the main cultural and spiritual currents shared
by the Pre-Columbian civilizations of Mexico and the South America?
2. How were the Spanish able to conquer and hold the former
dominions of the Aztecs in central Mexico? Peru and the Pizarro.
3. The "spiritual conquest" of Spanish America.
The role of the Church and the mendicant orders. Monastic architecture
in sixteenth-century Mexico and Peru: the problem of sources.
4. The persistence of native forms in Mexican art (tequitqui).
Indigenism and the image of the Madonna in Peru.
5. The Baroque churches of Mexico and Peru.
6. The Academy of San Carlos, Neoclassicism, and Mexican landscape
painting in the 18th century.
7. Art and the Mexican Revolution.
8. The Mexican muralists: Rivera, Orozco, Siquieros.
9. Modern Latin American art: Cubism, Surrealism.
10. The art of Frida Kahlo.
11. La Raza: Latino murals and the urban landscape in the
US. Contemporary Latin American art.
12. Conclusion.
This course will prepare students for the visit of Santos
Arzu, a visual artist from Honduras, who will be a visiting artist
in the Department of Art from March 16 - April 30, 1998. Sponsors
for the artist's visit are the Department of Art, the Mid-America
Arts Alliance, and the United States Information Agency. Sponsors
for the course are the Department of Art, the College of Arts
and Letters, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies.
Linda O. Stanford
Professor and Chair
Department of Art
113 Kresge Art Center
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1119
517-355-7612 (voice)
517-432-3938 (fax)
stanford@pilot.msu.edu
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HST 327 History
Of Mexican Americans In The United States
Section 001, 3credits, Dr. Juan Pescador
This course surveys the history of Mexican American since
the U.S. from 1848 to the present. We will examine the social,
cultural, economic, demographic, political and religious lives
of people of Mexican descent and the ways in which they influenced
and adapted to the many historical transformations they underwent.
We will focus on the changes and continuities in the historical
construction of Chicana/o identities in conjunction with issues
of race, gender, class and region. Special attention will be
given to the Mexican American regional developments in the Great
Lakes area, Texas and the Southwest. The readings include mostly
secondary sources. Students will also analyze in every class
primary sources such as testimonies, letters, internet contributions,
folk tales, song lyrics and kinds of political, religious and
artistic images, in order to get a sense of how historical actors
speak, sing or communicate for themselves and how they have been
(mis)interpreted by historians. Students who are interested in
basic Mexican History in the UnitedStates.
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HST 454 Special
Topics In American History (SS99)
Section 001, 3 credits, Dr. Juan Pescador
Colonial Borderlands: The spanish/Mexican Frontier in North America
This interdisciplinary course focuses on the history and culture
of the Borderlands from the Spanish colonial past (1558-1821)
and Mexican rule (1821-1848) through its ultimate annexation
to the United States (1835-1853). The class is structured to
provide a solid background on the evolution of multiethnic societies
in the historic Southwest, along with a critical perspective
on the cultural interactions between different peoples from the
Sixteenth century on. Special attention will be given to the
main transformations borderlands underwent in the decades previous
to the Mexican War, emphasizing the distinctiveness of Texas,
California and the kingdom of New Mexico. The course is thematicaly
organized and included topics such as: labor systems, elite formation,
ender dynamics, family structure, race relations, material culture
and regional identities. Class readings are based on leading
scholarship in the field, along with a wide variety of primary
sources such as testimonies, religious images, oral traditions,
and local literature.
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HST 480 Seminar
In American History
Sec 002, New Approaches in Mexican American Studies
3 credits, Dr. Juan Pescador
This seminar offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the profound
changes experienced in Mexican American studies in the 1990's
and considers how the different and innovative perspectives of
a new generation of Mexican American scholars have expanded and
redefined the traditional historiographic frame work that emerged
from the Chicano Movement. Pathbreaking books by Martha Menchaca,Vicky
Ruiz, George Sanchez, David Gutierrez, Carlos Velezlbanez, Renato
Rosaldo and Zaragosa Vargas, among others, are examined in detail.
We will examine the ways in which ethnicity, gender, class, acculturation,
borderlands, immigration and intra-ethnic relations have been
reshaped. The development of a new set of research strategies
and innovative multidisciplinary techniques will be closely followed
in the class, along with the incorporation of new narrative structures
into the field, such as ethnobiography, border-crossing, storytelling
and anthro-cultural discourses. Javier suggests that students
who've previously taken his courses, to take this seminar.
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PSY 970, Spring,
1999, Systems Psychology
- Ralph L. Levine, Ph.D.
- Department of Psychology
- Office: 54 Baker Hall
- Phones: 353-6441 (O)
- 332-2317 (H)
- E-mail: leviner@pilot.msu.edu
Goals
As social scientists, we all have various ways of looking
at social and individual behavior. The systems model is somewhat
qualitatively different from the tried and true framework has
learned to use in his or her graduate career.
The first goal is to become somewhat familiar with the principles
of systems analysis, with special emphasis on dynamic behavior.
Along that same line, the student will become very comfortable
with the analysis and synthesis of feedback (cybernetic) principles.
A third goal is to introduce to you computer simulation methodology,
which will be used to understand the dynamics of a problem, such
as family stress, and to generate a dynamic simulation model
which can be used to find policies or interventions which will
help deal with long term solutions to the problem. The student
will get practice working with this modeling methodology, and
during the course will develop small, but hopefully interesting
models of social or behavioral dynamics.
Since the systems approach was developed in many of the physical
sciences, it has a tradition as it was applied to social, behavioral,
economic, and ecological problems. A fourth goal is to cover
many of the fields where a systems approach has been found to
be fruitful. This would include ecology, sociology, anthropology,
urban dynamics, economics, criminal justice, and management science.
Even though I am a psychologist and this is a psychology course,
the systems approach pushes one to look for common structures
and processes across many disciplines.
Systems Thinking and Learning Organizations
The notion of a learning organization has been popularized
since about 1990 through the work of Peter Senge at MIT. Much
of my current research focuses on this approach to getting people
to think systemically. My research allows me to work at the organizational
level and also at the level of dealing with urban problems (at
the community level).
We shall take a more critical look at Senge's work by learning
to apply his archetypes to a variety of different settings and
modeling those archetypes. We shall also review group modeling
approaches of Vennix and others who help organizations to gain
a better understanding of their underlying systemic problems.
We frequently say "change the system." This course
helps the student grasp exactly what is meant by those words.
The modeling procedure provides the means for finding what might
work and what might not work. Finally my approach helps us anticipate
many unintended consequences of programs and policies.
I have enclosed a tentative schedule of topics in Psychology
970, which may be revised somewhat to conform to the backgrounds
of the students in the class. I would love to talk to you about
this course. It is a labor of love. If you have any questions
about it, please call me at 353-6441 or at home, 332-2317.
Psychology 970
Dr. Ralph Levine
(view course schedule)
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SSC 490, Global
and Local Identities: Ethnicity, Race, Gender and Nationality,
Spring 1999
The purpose of the series and the seminar is to stimulate
interdisciplinary conversations on the mobilization and representation
of social identities within the context of late twentieth century
globalization processes. This is an opportunity for faculty and
students to meet and interact with those from other departments
on campus who share similar intellectual interests.
The speakers series and seminar revolve around two parallel
series of multi-disciplinary dialogues: Series I looks at the
cultural production of identities in the media, and Series II
focuses on ethnicity, race and gender in the construction of
national identities. There will be four events spring semester
and two fall semester. Each will consist of a conversation between
two leading scholars from different disciplines. On the morning
following the presentation, a roundtable discussion with the
speakers will take place. This is open to faculty and to the
student enrolled in the mini-course. It provides a unique opportunity
to meet and interact with the invited speakers in a small group
setting.
The speakers series is open to everyone, and we hope that
you will help publicize it widely. The mini-course is designed
for advanced undergraduate and graduate students who may enroll
in SSC 490 for one credit. Drs. Laurie Medina and Javier Duran
have agreed to be the instructors of record, but we hope that
other faculty will participate actively in the seminar.
Because the course is not in the catalogue, please bring it
to studentsí attention. Students are expected to attend
the presentations and the roundtable discussions. They also are
required to write a synthetic paper based on the presentations,
roundtable discussions and readings.
Most presentations spring semester will take place on Thursdays
from 4:30 - 6:00 pm. The exact dates are listed below. The roundtable
with the presenters will usually take place on Fridays from 8:30
- 10:30 am. Exact times and locations will be announced in early
January.
Series I, The Cultural Production of Identities in the Late
Twentieth Century: Mass Communications, Global Media, and Representation
- explores the contested cultural borders of late twentieth century
social identities.
JANUARY 28-29 - Virtually Yours: The On-line Construction
of Social Identities - The Internet is often portrayed as an
egalitarian ëvirtualí space in which individuals
are able to freely invent themselves in any manner they deem
fit. ìVirtually Yoursî explores dimensions of identity
construction on-line.
Speakers: Cynthia Steele, Department of Spanish and Portuguese,
University of Washington; and Diane Nelson, Department of Anthropology,
Lewis and Clark College Steele and Nelson will critically engage
the notion of cyberspace as radically egalitarian, explore the
potential offered by the internet for the creation of new communities
of interest across physical and social space, and consider the
impact which differential access to the internet has on relationships
within local "subaltern" communities in terms of who
represents the group and how.
APRIL 15-16 - Producing the National Interest: The
Production and Consumption of Identity in Television and Film
Speakers: Lila Abu-Lughod, Department of Anthropology, New York
University; and Julianne Burton-Carvajal, Department of Literature,
University of California, Santa Cruz
Abu-Lughod and Burton Carvajal focus on the construction of
gender and nationalism through film and television programming.
Burton-Carvajal considers how a particular Argentine film maker
constructs and contests gender and nationalism in her films,
while Abu-Lughod's presentation looks at similar issues using
Egyptian soap operas.
Series II, Engendering the Nation: Gender and Ethnic/National
Identities - explores the persistence and/or emergence of ethnic
and national identities in the late twentieth century, addressing
the intersections between gender, nationalism, and ethnicity.
MARCH 25-26 - ìEngendering Racialized and Ethnic
Nationalisms in Europeî Speakers: Claudia Koonz, History
Department, Duke University; and Rogers Brubaker, Sociology Department,
University of California, Los Angeles
Two specialists on nationalism in Europe explore the development
and political significance of ethno-nationalism. Koonz examines
the interplay of gender and ethno-nationalism in German history,
and Brubaker discusses his latest field work on ethno-national
identity construction in post-communist Transylvania.
APRIL 5-6 - Engendering Nationalism in Post-Colonial
Africaî Speakers: Anne McClintock, Comparative Literature
Department, New York University; and Sita Ranchod-Nilsson, International
Studies, Denison University Nationalism and national identities
in Africa are the focus of this presentation. McClintock explores
the role of memory in the construction of national identity through
an examination of South Africaís Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, while Ranchod-Nilsson discusses the gender dimensions
of the Zimbabwean national liberation movement.
For further information, call or email Julie Pelletier, GOTOBUTTON
BM_1_ pelleti1@pilot.msu.edu, or Barry Crassweller ( GOTOBUTTON
BM_2_ Crasswel@pilot.msu.edu) in Women and International Development
(353-5040). Also, check our web page in CASID: INSERT LINK!
*The GLOBAL AREA AND THEMATIC INITIATIVE (GATI) is sponsored
by CASID/WID, the African Studies Center and the Center for Latin
American and Caribbean Studies with additional funding from International
Studies and Programs, the Office of the Provost and individual
Colleges and Departments.
Anne Ferguson, Director
Women and International Development Program
Rm 202 Center for International Programs
Michigan State Univesity
1407 S. Harrison
East Lansing, MI 48823-5286 USA
Tel: 517-353-5040 (WID)
517-432-1669 (ANP)
Fax: 517-353-7254
E-MAIL ADDRESS: Fergus12@pilot.msu.edu
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