Schedule and Bibliography

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14 Week Schedule Overview

Fall 2008: September 7 – December 12

Spring 2009: January 25 – May 2

Fall 2009: September 6 – December 12

Spring 2010: January 24 – May 1

Fall 2010: September 5 – December 11

Spring 2011: January 30 – May 7

14 Week Breakdown

Week 1: San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas – Universidad de la Tierra

Weeks 2-6: Oventic, Chiapas – Zapatista Community

Week 7: Vacation (travel plans made prior in consultation with Professor)

Weeks 8-10: Tlaxcala – Campesino Community

Weeks 11-12: Mexico City – “Los Panchos” autonomous urban community

Weeks 13-14: Juarez - Migrants & Maquiladora Workers

Weekly Themes & Locations
 

Week One (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas) - Program Pedagogy, Introduction to Indigenous Culture

Week Two (Oventic, Chiapas) - Political Economy: Marxism, Neo-Marxism

Week Three (Oventic, Chiapas) - Political Economy: Nationalism, Neoliberalsim, World Systems Theory

Week Four (Oventic, Chiapas) - Actor Oriented Perspectives & Post Development

Week Five (Oventic, Chiapas) - Social Movement Analysis: Marxism, Resource Mobilization, Political Process, New Social Movements

Week Six (Oventic, Chiapas) - Identities: Race, Class, and Gender

Week Seven (Vacation Week)

Week Eight (Tlaxcala) - Intercultural Communication

Week Nine (Tlaxcala) - Presentations on Social Movements/Organizations

Week Ten (Tlaxcala) - Braceros, Consejo Nacional de Urbano Campesino, Migration

Week Eleven (Mexico City) - NAFTA: The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent

Week Twelve (Mexico City) - Urban Barrio Organizing and Housing Movements

Week Thirteen (Ciudad Juarez) - Narco-trafficking, Maquilas, and Migration

Week Fourteen (Ciudad Juarez): Final Projects, Future Work, Program Evaluation