Wednesday

21 August

Introductions

Technology Setup:

• If you do not have one already, please create a Voices blogging account.  Find more tips here.  Remember to change your user name to your first name and final initial to protect your privacy.
• Sign up on Moodle for two formal blog posts: Latin America in the News and Class Notes.  I suggest that you sign up for two different weeks.  (First come, first served!)
• If you have not already, please complete the short Intro Questionnaire on Moodle. 

Friday

23 August

Comparing Revolutions

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Comparing Revolutions
• Tips on Reading & Note taking for History Courses
• James DeFronzo “Social Movements & Revolutions” from Revolutions & Revolutionary Movements (arp – password-protected additional readings page)
• If you have not already, complete your technology setup (creating a voices blogging account, signing up on Moodle for two formal blog posts: Latin America in the News and Class Notes.

Monday

26 August

Characterizing Modern Latin America

Map Quiz Guidelines LA Rev FA2019 and Blank Map of Latin America

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Characterizing Modern Latin America
• John Charles Chasteen, “Introduction” from Born in Blood & Fire (arp)
• Phillip Berryman, “Highly Unequal & Middle Class” from Latin America at 200 (arp)

Wednesday

28 August

Ideologies & Revolts

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Ideologies and Revolts
• Becker, ch 1 “Theories of Revolution”

Friday

30 August

Primary Sources: José Carlos Mariátegui

**Primary Source Essay Guidelines**

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP José Carlos Mariátegui
• José Carlos Mariátegui on Wikipedia
• Re-read (and bring to class) Mariátegui “On the Indigenous Problem” (1928) in Becker

Monday

2 September

The Mexican Revolution: Historical Overview

**Map Quiz at the beginning of class**

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Intro: The Mexican Revolution
• Mex Rev, part 1

Wednesday

4 September

Causes of the Revolution

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Causes of the Mexican Revolution
• Mex Rev, “Causes of the Revolution”

Friday

6 September

Soldiers’ Experiences

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Soldiers’ Experiences
• Mex Rev, “At War” & “Soldiers’ Lives”

Monday

9 September

Revolutionary Politics

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Revolutionary Politics
• Mexican Rev, “Revolutionary Politics” & “The Revolution’s Achievements”

Wednesday

11 September

Corridos & Popular Culture

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Corridos
• “Corrido” Wikipedia
• What is a Corrido? (arp)
• Selected Corridos: Pancho Villa, Madero, Bitter Times (arp)
• Short extra reading (after you asked about soldaderas in class): “La Adelita“
• Wikipedia Project: If you do not have one already, create a Wikipedia account.  You can use any (appropriate) user name you like to preserve your privacy.  Accept my email invitation to join our class Wikipedia Portal. If you’re asked for a password, I’m sending it in the email.

Friday

13 September

The Zapatista Movement

**Primary Source Essay due – upload to Moodle before class**

Work to complete before today’s class:

• Zapatista HAP
• Wikipedia Zapatista Army of National Liberation
• “First Declaration from the Lacandon Jungle, Today We Say ‘Enough is Enough!’ (Ya Basta!),” EZLN Command (1993)

Monday

16 September

The Cuban Revolution: Historical Overview

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Cuban Revolution Overview
• Becker ch 5 “Cuban Revolution”

Wednesday

18 September

Castro’s Rhetoric

Guest Presentation: Earlham’s Border Studies Program

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Castro’s Rhetoric
• Wikipedia “The Organization of American States“
• Organization of American States, “The Declaration of San José” 28 August 1960
• Re-read “First Declaration of Havana,” 1960 (in Becker)
• Wikipedia Week 5 Assignments: Handouts on Evaluating & Editing Wikipedia; Trainings on Wikipedia Policies, Editing, & Sandboxes/Talk Pages.

Wednesday

18 Sept.

7pm

Documentary: Undeterred

Gault Recital Hall – Scheide  7pm

https://vimeo.com/283563848

Friday

20 September

Gender & Revolution

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Gender & Revolution
• “Asela de los Santos Tamayo” & “It Gave Us a Sense of Worth” from Women in Cuba (arp)

Monday

23 September

Evaluating Wikipedia

Work to complete before today’s class:

• Sadie Bergen, “Linking In: How Historians Are Countering Wikipedia’s Biases” Perspectives on History September 2016
• Wikipedia, “Systematic Bias“
• Wikipedia: Evaluating Articles & Sources Training.
• Blog Post: Write a detailed post that critiques your choice of any Wikipedia article related to our course themes. If possible, try not to pick an article someone else has already analyzed.  (Note: this blog post takes the place of today’s HAP).   Make sure that you address ALL of the following questions/numbered prompts.
  1. Make the article title the title of your post.
  2. Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
  3. Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
  4. Are there viewpoints that are over-represented, or under-represented?
  5. Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
  6.  Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
  7. Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
  8.  Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
  9. How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
  10. How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we’ve talked about it in class?
  11. Categorize your post “Wikipedia”

Wednesday

25 September

Race & Racism in Cuba

**LA Rev Midterm 1 Review Guide FA19**

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Race and Racism in Cuba
• Devyn Spence Benson, “’Not Blacks, But Citizens’: Race and Revolution in Cuba” (arp)

Friday

27 September

Sexuality and Gender in Revolutionary Cuba

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Sexuality and Gender in Revolutionary Cuba
  
• Lillian Guerra, “Gender policing, homosexuality and the new patriarchy of the Cuban Revolution, 1965–70” (arp)

Reminder: the deadline for picking your Wikipedia article isn’t until next week, but you can go ahead and sign up for one as soon as you are ready (first come, first served).

Monday

30 September

Wikipedia: Sources & Plagiarism

Work to complete before today’s class:

• Wikipedia: Add to an Article (trainings on plagiarism & adding citations; exercise adding 2 sentences and a citation to a course-related article)
• HAP: Wikipedia Sources
• Carefully look over two primary sources: Cuban American National Foundation, Granma

Wednesday

2 October

Midterm #1

Friday

4 October

Wikipedia Work Day

Work to complete before today’s class:

**If possible, please bring your laptop or device to class**

• Deadline to sign up for your Wikipedia Article.
• Blog Post (this takes the place of today’s HAP): Evaluate your chosen Wikipedia Entry. How is this aspect of Latin American history represented? Do you see any biases? What kinds of sources are used? How might you improve the article to meet Wikipedia’s standards and show your skills of historical research and analysis? Categorize your post “Wikipedia”
• LibGuide: Latin American Studies

Monday

14 October

The Chilean Road to Socialism

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Chile Revolution & Counterrevolution
• Becker, ch 6 “The Chilean Road to Socialism”

Wednesday

16 October

Fear in Chile: Critiques of the Regime

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Fear in Chile: Critiques of the Regime
• Fear in Chile: “The Executed Mayor” 3-19; “A Model Militant Party Member” 69-92; “The Rebellion of an Old-Fashioned Priest” 127-139; “To Disappear Is Not to Die” 140-153

Friday

18 October

Wikipedia Work Day

**Please bring your charged laptop/device to class**

Work to complete before today’s class (no HAP):

• Complete Wikipedia Peer Review Training.
• On your article’s talk page, create a new heading to introduce your proposed edits.
• On the talk page, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to the selected article, and why these additions are important. Think back to our discussions of content gaps, Wikipedia’s 5 Pillars, and the American Historical Association article.
• Compile a list of at least 6-8 relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you’ll be working on.

Work to complete before Wednesday 10/23:

Monday

21 October

Supporters of Pinochet

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Supporters of Pinochet
• Fear in Chile: “A Mayor of the Regime” 20-38; “The Decline and Frustration of a Banker” 39-48; “A Pinochet Diehard” 93-99; “Corporatism: A Product of Reason” 117-126

Wednesday

23 October

Revolutionary Artwork: Arpilleras

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Arpilleras
• Wikipedia, “Arpilleras“
• Rebecca Onion, “Colorful Quilt Squares“
• Marjorie Agosín “Embroidery as Protest” (arp)
• Wikipedia: Complete your peer review on the talk pages of your three assigned articles.

Friday

25 October

Secondary Sources: Critiquing the Revolution

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Chile Secondary Sources
• Margaret Power, “Defending Dictatorship” (arp)
• Blog Post (in addition to today’s HAP): Reflect on the feedback you received on your article improvement plans.  What did your reviewers say on the article talk page? How will you use this to strengthen your analysis, use of evidence, and written communication as you prepare your first draft? Tag your post “Wikipedia”

Monday

28 October

Revolutionary Nicaragua: Historical Context

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Nicaragua Historical Context
• Becker ch 7 “Nicaraguan Sandinistas”

Wikipedia: This week, start drafting your article.  Full, polished draft is due next Wednesday, November 6.

Wednesday

30 October

Liberation Theology

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Liberation Theology
• Leonardo Boff and Clodovis Boff, “The Basic Question: How to Be Christians in a World of Destitution“
• Ernesto Cardenal, short selections from The Gospel of Solentiname (arp)
• Links to the Gospel passages discussed (there are short excerpts in the text itself, but these will help if you’d like to see the larger context for the discussions):
  • Luke 2.8-20
  • Matthew 2.1-12
  • Matthew 2.12-23

Friday

1 November

Critiques of Liberation Theology

*LA Rev Midterm 2 Study Guide FA19*

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Critiques of Liberation Theology
• Michael Novak, “Liberation Theology & the Pope” (1979) (arp)
• “FSLN Communiqué Regarding Religion (1981) & Two Speeches from Pope John Paul II” (arp)
• “Bishops of Nicaragua Call to Dialogue April 1984” (arp)
• Wikipedia: Training on Contributing images and media files; Exercise on adding links to other articles.

Monday

4 November

Scholars Debate: Revolutionary Nicaragua

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Montoya & Bickham Méndez
• Last Names A-L: Rosario Montoya, “Liberation Theology & the Socialist Utopia of a Nicaraguan Shoemaker” Social History (1995) (arp)
• Last Names M-Z: Jennifer Bickham Méndez “Gendering Power and Resistance in an Era of Globalization” in From The Revolution to the Maquiladoras (arp)

Wednesday

6 November

Peer Review: Full Article Drafts

Work to complete before today’s class:

**Bring your laptop or device to class**

• Wikipedia: Before class, make sure all of your edits are live in the main article space.  You’ll have until the end of the day on Thursday to complete your assigned peer reviews.

Friday

8 November

Midterm #2

Monday

11 November

Guerrilla Warfare

Work to complete before today’s class:

• Guerrilla Warfare HAP
• Becker ch 8 “Guerrilla Warfare”
• “Colombia’s Peace Deal Promised a New Era. So Why Are These Rebels Rearming?” NYT Series Promises Made 17 May 2019
• Wikipedia: Continue to revise and polish your work (due next week).

Wednesday

13 November

Mapping Militant Organizations

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP FARC
• Paragraph on “What are ‘maps’, and how do I read them?” from Stanford’s Mapping Militant Organizations Project
• Explore the timeline and map visualizations about Colombian militants from Stanford University’s Mapping Militant Organizations Project
• Read the profiles of militant groups in Colombia, but especially “Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, and Bandas Criminales (BACRIM)

Friday

15 November

Venezuela: Historical Context

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Venezuela Historical Context
• Becker ch 9 “Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution”
• “Venezuela’s Chávez Era” Timeline by the Council on Foreign Relations

Monday

18 November

Chávez in His Own Words

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Chávez in His Own Words
• Hugo Chávez, “World Social Forum”, 2005 (from Becker)
• Hugo Chávez, “Address to the United Nations,” (2006): video and transcript

Wednesday

20 November

Venezuela: Critical Perspectives

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP Venezuela Critical Perspectives
• Venezuela Politics and Human Rights Washington Office on Latin America
• Caracas Chronicles

Friday

22 November

Venezuela Today

Final Wikipedia Article Due

• before class, complete all final changes on your Wikipedia article.
• Upload your reflective essay to Moodle.
• By the end of the day, add your image to our collaborative Wikipedia slideshow.

Work to complete before today’s class:

• Venezuela Today HAP
• Organization of American States, “Report on Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees” March 2019
• “Venezuela’s Water System Is Collapsing,” New York Times
• “Living a Daily Tragedy” The Guardian Nov 2019

Monday

25 November

Wikipedia Showcase

**LA Rev Final Exam Study Guide Fall 2019**

• *No HAP for today!*

Wednesday

27 November

 No class: Thanksgiving

Monday

2 December

21st Century Socialisms

Work to complete before today’s class:

• HAP 21st C Socialisms
• Becker ch 10 “Socialisms of the 20th & 21st Centuries”

Wednesday

4 December

Current Events: The Politics of Frustration in Latin America

Work to complete before today’s class:

• Self-Evaluation of Participation
• HAP: Current Events The Politics of Frustration in Latin America
• Jeremy Adelman and Pablo Pryluka, “The Politics of Frustration in Latin America” Project Syndicate 29 Oct 2019 available in English or Spanish
• Joseph E. Stiglitz, “The End of Neoliberalism and the Rebirth of History” Project Syndicate 4 Nov 2019 in English or Spanish
• OECD Income Inequality Data
• Amanda Taub, “Chile Woke Up: Dictatorship’s Legacy of Inequality Triggers Mass Protests”, NYT 3 November 2019 in English or Spanish

Friday

6 December

Conclusions

**No formal class meeting: please use this time to study!!**

Work to complete before today’s class:

• Blog Post: What are the three most important things you learned in class this semester?