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HIST 144 SC - Haiti & Colombia - Maroon Nations & Paramilitary States
This course looks at two countries that are not commonly compared, Haiti and Colombia, with a focus on the African Diaspora. Starting in 1791, the enslaved broke their chains in the Haitian Revolution and radically recast the promise of freedom in the Americas. Colombia is home to the second largest Black population in Latin America after Brazil, and Blacks have stood at the heart of its struggles for dignity across the course of the nation’s history.
Throughout the colonial era (1697 to 1791 in Haiti and the 1520s to 1810 in Colombia), the poor practiced marronage or escape from beneath the control of European slave elites and metropoles. Metaphorically, those who liberate themselves or break free are the maroon nations, the peoples who have built societies based upon egalitarianism and profound respect for the land. Ranged against them were elites closely tied to Europeans, at first, and then to the United States, up to the present.
Black Colombians have won rights to the land that are historic for all people in the African Diaspora in the hemisphere. The Black majority of Haiti has, in recent decades, twice elected a president who obeys the will of the poor, and that sort of political project has encountered the full wrath of foreign soldiers, extractive economic models, and U.S.-backed coups.
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Every three semesters
Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
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Humanities The Humanities Institute was founded in 1986 to promote interdisciplinary research and public discussion of important issues in culture and society. Each semester the Institute sponsors a series of events on a significant theme in the humanities. The programs of the Institute include conferences, lectures, readings, exhibitions, and film series and bring to Scripps College scholars, scientists, and artists who are of special interest to the community. Students can apply to participate in the work of the Institute. Fellows, who are appointed for one term, take a research seminar (Humanities 195J) in addition to attending all the events of the Institute and creating a final project. |
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HUM 195J SC - Fellowship in the Humanities Institute
Fellows in the Scripps College Humanities Institute will work closely with the director on an experiential project related to the theme of the Institute in a given semester. The half-credit Fellowship in the Humanities Institute does not satisfy any general education requirement, but may be used once toward requirements of a major with approval of the faculty adviser in the major. Registration requires application. For information on applying, see www.scrippscollege.edu/campus/humanities-institute/indes.php. May apply to repeat once for credit.
SPRING 2019:
We will read and discuss work recommended by the speakers on the program as well as some background material. Students will be expected to attend all Humanities Institute events. The theme for Spring 2019 is Ignorance in the Age of Information. Information is more accessible to more people than ever. Yet, one of the central concerns in the public consciousness today is that we seem especially susceptible to deceit and manipulation via our sources of information, including both the internet in its various forms and more traditional news media. This year, the Humanities Institute will focus on this concern, regarding both content (like “fake news” and other misinformation), and form (like the “echo chamber” or “filter bubble” of social media news feeds).
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Each semester
Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
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Humanities Major: Culture |
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Interdisciplinary Studies |
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International and Intercultural Studies |
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