Afro Latin Americans in the 21st century

general courses

The course discusses present-day situation of Afro-Latin American communities and groups in selected countries of the region and the main historical, environmental, political, social and cultural factors shaping it.

The following topics will be discussed:

1. Slavery in Spanish and Portuguese America - basic features, similarities and differences;

2. Factors that differentiate the situation of people of African descent in Latin American countries, regions and places after independence

3. Post-colonial perspective and the situation of people of African descent in the Latin American countries in the 21st century; Latin American organizations

4. Overview of contemporary situations in selected countries, according to students' regional interests.

4.1. Mexico – Afro Mestizos, Afro Mexicans or Black Mexicans? Costa Chica and Veracruz

4.2. Peru - Who can claim to be a 'real Afroperuvian'? Lima and Chincha versus Zana

4.3. Bolivia - Afrobolivians or Afro Aymaras?

4.4. Ecuador - San Lorenzo and Esmeraldas versus Valle del Chota

4.5. Colombia - Afrocolumbians in the Constitution; Caribbean coast, Pacific coast, Chocó, Afrocolumbians in cities - Cali and Bogota; the case San Basilio del Palenque

4.6. Venezuela - Coro y Barlovento

4.7. Kuba – AfroCubans and the Revolution;

4.8. Brazil

5. Similarities and differences in regional situations. Politics of place?

Klein H.S., 1985 African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean, Oxford University Press

Lisocka-Jaegermann B., 2006: Kulturowe aspekty zaangażowania Kuby w Afryce. w: Kuba i Afryka. Sojusz dla rewolucji M. Gawrycki, M. Lizak (red) Instytut Stosunków Międzynarodowych UW Warszawa, s. 345-360

Lisocka-Jaegermann B., 2009: Czarne Ameryki: w Gawrycki M. (red.) „ Dzieje Kultury latynoamerykańskiej” PWN, Warszawa, s. 163-173

Lisocka-Jaegermann B., 2010: Los Afrodescendientes en los países andinos. El caso de Bolivia, w: Revista del CESLA, No. 13, T. 1, s. 317-329

Lisocka-Jaegermann B., 2011 Organizacje afroamerykańskie a konstruowanie tożsamości. Organizacje afromeksykańskie w XXI wieku, w: Derwich K., Kania M., (red.) Ruchy społeczne i etniczne w Ameryce Łacińskiej Wyd. UJ, Kraków, s. 77-90

Lisocka-Jaegermann B., 2011 La cultura afroboliviana en el contexto regional yungueño, w: Corpo, literatura e cultura: espaços latino-americanos da escravidão / Gilda Vilela Brandão, Ana Claudia Aymoré Martins, Zygmunt Wojski. – Maceió :EDUFAL (Brasil), s. 195-208

Reid Andrews G., 2004 Afro-Latin America 1800-2000, Oxford University Press

KNOWLEDGE: the student

- has knowledge about the nature of contemporary Afro-Latin American communities and their past

knows the basic terminology used to analyze socio-geographical phenomena in the field of research on Afro-Latin American communities - - has knowledge about the interdependence between people and their natural environment and the social, economic and political system they created;

- has the ability to identify the main cultural regions inhabited by African-American societies and describe the distinguishing features of each of them and the people who created them

- has the ability to recognize the meaning, analysis and critical interpretation of spatial conditions and consequences of social processes taking place in the Americas -

SOCIAL COMPETENCE:

- is open to various phenomena and ideas, values diversity and diversity of opinions and cultures, respects cultural diversity

- is aware of the importance of American culture and patterns for shaping its own cultural identity

active participation in classes, reading of course material - 50%

final essay - 50%