LATS 330
DNA + Latinx: Decoding the "Cosmic Race"
Spring 2020
Division II
Difference, Power, and Equity
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
Scientists working to assemble maps of the human genome have found a goldmine in the DNA of Latinx, Latin American, and other populations that derive ancestry from multiple continents. In this interdisciplinary course, we will explore Latinidades through a genealogical lens: What culture-specific issues emerge around history, identity, ethics, forensics, immigration, commerce, surveillance, art, science, and medicine? Readings will include The Cosmic Race by José Vasconcelos, The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina by Raquel Cepeda, and The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome by Alondra Nelson.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 15
Expected: 15
Class#: 3500
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 15
Expected: 15
Class#: 3500
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
attendance and class participation, writing exercises, 4- to 5-page midterm paper (close-reading a text), 10- to 15-page final writing portfolio
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
Latina/o Studies concentrators
Distributions:
Division II
Difference, Power, and Equity
DPE Notes:
Readings and class discussion offer students the opportunity to analyze the shaping of social differences, dynamics of unequal power, and processes of change
Attributes:
LATS Core Electives
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LATS 330 - 01 (S) SEM DNA + Latinx
LATS 330 - 01 (S) SEM DNA + LatinxDivision II Difference, Power, and EquityMW 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Hopkins Hall 105
Friday Org Mtg 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Hopkins Hall 1053500
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