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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: ericka.ghersi@sfcollege.edu• 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