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HUM 2461Humanities of Latin
AmericaSFC Spring 2012
Dr. Ericka Ghersi
Dr. Regiani Zacarias
Day 1
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
Day 1A
• Introduction to class• Attendance • Health issues• Pop quiz• Course Hosekeeping• Homework for Thursday• Opening Web Presentation
Today’s Agenda
Professor Zacarias
• Brazil – USA – Florida
• Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence @ SF 2012-2013
• English professor: UNESP, São Paulo State University, Brazil
• Co-teaching 3 courses this semester
Professor Ghersi
• Peru – Ohio – Spain – Mexico – Ecuador –Florida (B.A. / M.A. / Ph.D.)
• University of Florida
• Stetson University
• Santa Fe College
• Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Foreign Languages
1. Your name.2. Your heritage.3. Why are you taking this class?4. What do you expect to learn in this class?
Course housekeeping
• CLASS HOURS: TH 12:30-1:45• CLASS B-32B• OFFICE HOURS: T&H 11:00-12:00 • Email: [email protected]• Web: http://people.sfcollege.edu/ericka.ghersi/• COURSE WEBSITE:
http://people.sfcollege.edu/ericka.ghersi/HUM2461.html
GRADABLE WORK
• Homework: (10 x 15 pts) 150 points• Midterm examination: 100• Final examination: 150• 2 quizzes (2 x 25) 50• Film essay ("term paper"): 25• Creative Project (visual or written) 75• Attendance/class participation: 50• Total points 600
Grade calculation
A 90% 600-540 pts
B 80% 539-480 pts
C 70% 479-420 pts
D 60% 419-360 pts
F 59% - 0% 359-0 pts
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS (required):
• (1) Popol Vuh (online); Prologue – Chapter 9 only. Download and print
• 2461 Website: all pages and documents
Dr. William Little’s On-Line Book:http://dept.sfcollege.edu/HFL/hum2461/
hum2461home.htm
TEXTBOOK
Course language(s)
• English– Also, some Spanish, French, Portuguese,– Maya?, Náhuatl, Quechua?
(1) Film Report(2) Creative Project
• See files under folder “Important information”, ANGEL
Website: first slide show
http://people.sfcollege.edu/
ericka.ghersi/HUM2461.html
Is this map complete?
America or The Americas?
A. Web: Notes and links: Day 1 (for Day 2) B. View and study: "Opening slide shows 1 and 2"C. Read: (a) "Prehistoric Notes" (b) "Introduction Pages“D. Read 2461 Cuba online:
• Day 5: Turn in written Homework #1 (on Mayas; access on-line)
Homework for Thursday:On-line:
HUM 2461Humanities of Latin America
SFC Spring 2013
Day 1B
• Attendance• Introduction pages• First Web site lecture• Latin American Terminology
Xavier Quijas Yxayótl: "Singing Earth"
Mesoamerican clay flutes, drums
"Music for Rain God"
Latin American Terminology: Key Terms and Themes
• Syncretism/sincretismo
• Admiratio
• Horror vacui
• Cupio
• Religio
• Lo ctónico (Earth goddess)
• Magical Realism/Lo real maravilloso
Key Terms and ThemesSyncretism/ sincretismo
Key Terms and ThemesSyncretism/ sincretismo
Key Terms and ThemesAdmiratio
Key Terms and ThemesAdmiratio
Iguazú,Brazil
Key Terms and Themes
Horror vacui
Key Terms and Themes
Cupio
Key Terms and ThemesCupio
Key Terms and ThemesReligio
Key Terms and ThemesReligio
Atahualpathrew
the Bible
Key Terms and ThemesLo real maravilloso
Key Terms and ThemesLo ctónico
Key Terms and ThemesLo ctónico
Location? / Images? / Metaphors? / Perspectives? / Cultural humanities?
Source: WTL Latin American materials archive. Location: Brazilian Amazonian indigenous tribesmen.Images: Men; snake (anaconda); sand; grass; forest; sky Metaphors: Humans in nature; fusion of men and snake Perspectives: (A) Primitive civilization; (B) fully developed civilizationCultural humanities: (A) Oral traditions; (B) lo ctónico; (C) What does lo ctónico mean?
Location?
Images?
Question?
Cultural humanities?
Location: Guatemala Images: Two clothed men; guns; river; two shores Question: Identify all of the similarities and opposites you can in this photo.Cultural humanities: (A) Binary opposites; (B) dualism; (C) cultural encounter / conflict / fusion; (D) verticality / horizontality
Location?
Images?
Comments?
Cultural humanities?
Location: México Images: Traditional mask ornament (painted, lacquered papier-maché) with fireworksComments: (A) The figure represents either the devil or a Pharisee (i.e, Jew); (B) masks and costumes are essential cultural displays in Latin American holiday festivities. Cultural humanities: Social custom with traditional artisanal creation; representation of devil or cultural other to ward off individual and community disaster.
Location?
Images?
Comments?
Cultural humanities?
Location: Colombia Images: Shakira, glass sphere. Comment: This is a website wallpaper photo. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (b. 1977) is a famous Colombian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, dancer, and actress. Cultural humanities: (A) Cupio; (B) popular music publicity and contemporary glamor; (C) photography
Location?
Images?
Comments?
Cultural humanities?
Location: Mexican mask Images: Photo of Mexican maskComment: Identify all of the images represented on this mask; then fuse them together into an interpretation. Cultural humanities: Traditional Mexican artisanal art
Location?
Images?
Comments?
Cultural humanities?
Location: México Images: Man and woman embracingComment: Glamor photo from the 1960's Cultural humanities: (A) Cupio; (B) glamor, sensuality, sex
Location?
Images?
Comments?
Cultural humanities?
Location: México Image: Dolores del RíoComment: Dolores Martínez Asúnsolo y López Negrete (1905 - 1983), from Durango, México. Her family lost everything during Mexican Revolution; then she moved to Hollywood for a famous sex appeal film career (1929 - 1942 and 1960 - 1964) and in Latin America (1942 - 1958).Cultural humanities: (A) Cupio; (B) cinema; (C) wealthy class glamor; (D) international stardom
Location?
Images?
Comments?
Cultural humanities?
Location: Argentina / Cuba Image: Ernesto (Che) Guevara (b. 1928 in Argentina; d. 1967 in Bolivia)Comment: Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, AKA Che Guevara, El Che, or Che (typical Argentinian word): Marxist revolutionary, medical doctor, political figure, and leader of Cuban revolution of 1959 and Cuban-exported communist revolutionary movements. Cultural humanities: (A) Revolution; (B) Twentieth-century communism
Location?
Images?
Comments?
Cultural humanities?
Location: Brazil (O Brasil) Image: Carmen Miranda in movie scene. Comment: Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (b. 1909 in Portugal; d. 1955 in Brazil): samba singer and motion picture star from 1940's. Cultural humanities: (A) Cupio; (B) cinema; (C) mid-twentieth-century Brazilian glamor; (D) tropicalismo
1. Describe2. What is this?3. Is this Realism?
4. Key Term?
2. Bas-relief carving3. Vision quest4. Mythical stylization