Democracy as Counter-Narrative, Power & Social Justice.
Democracy as Counter-Narrative, Power & Social Justice An Examination of Democracy through narrative construction, power, and social justice project An Examination of Democracy through counter-narrative reflections Objectives and Learning Outcomes: An Analysis of literature as narrative construction and power An Analysis of “Tropicalizing” the Americas Explore the relationship between the U.S and Latin America through a narrative and counter-narrative analysis of literature An Analysis of “(de)Tropicalizing” the Americas through counter-narrative film and text An Analysis of film as counter-narrative social justice project/journey Self-reflect on knowledge engaged in throughout the semester and how it relates to self-moving forward Weekly Summary: This week in our culminating Unit on Democracy as Narrative, Power, and Social Justice Project. In this Unit, we will be doing some reading analysis and returning to dominant-narrative and counter-narrative construction. We will also be starting our last reading of the semester where we will explore a young Ernesto “Che” Guevara through his travel diaries and his experiences throughout South America. Keep in mind how Ernesto engages in “de-tropicalizing” experience with the peoples, land, and culture through his travels. The readings and film culminate with our Final. Read: Both Chapters from “Tropicalizations” Read Text: Motorcycle Diaries