Access code is required for registration. All students must come for advisement. This course examines the complex relationship between expression and the social process. This graduate seminar will deal with the origins, spread and use of science, medicine and technology in Latin America and the Caribbean from the pre-Columbia period to the present. Emphasis will be given to developments of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Undergraduates can enroll with permission of instructor.
Discussions will follow the impact of disease, western science, and medicine in Latin America and the Caribbean and the reception, adaptation, response, and hybridization of knowledge by local cultures and elites. The course will also examine the various models and theories concerning the relationship that was established between science in western centers and Latin America. Special attention will be given to the notions of cultural diffusion, dependency, colonialism, imperialism, social control and resistance. Reading and Research 30013 Advanced students wishing to pursue interdisciplinary research on a theme not covered in the normal disciplinary course of events may register for this course. The credit value ranges from 1 to 4 points.