TRANSFORMING CONSCIOUSNESS;
MULTIMEDIA AND INSTALLATION ART IN THE AMERICAS
Winter 2006

FACULTY

Gail Tremblay: Program Coordinator
tremblag@evergreen.edu,
Home phone, 360-943-8727;

Jorge Gilbert
gilbertj@evergreen.edu.
(360) 867-6740

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SCHEDULE

Tuesday 11.00am 1.30 pm Lecture: Seminar II, C1105
2.30 pm 5.00 pm Movie Screening: Seminar II, C 1105
Thursday 11.00 am 1.00 pm Students Led Activities: TBA
2.00 pm 5.00 pm Group Discussions & Seminar: TBA
Friday 1.00 pm 5.00 p.m. Panorama Latino Americano: TCTV Studio

- Students working on creating installations fall quarter will be meeting on Thursdays in the 3-D Design Lab near the wood and metal workshops.

- Students working on Video production for Panorama Latino Americana will meet on Fridays at the TCTV studio from 1:00 to 5:00PM.

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READING TEXT

1.- Eduardo Galeano: Open Veins of Latin America.
2.- Isabel Allende: The House of the Spirits
3.- Paulo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppress.
4.- Robert Farris Thompson. Flash of the Spirits
5.- Alejo Carpentier: Concierto Barroco
6.- Laura E. Souza de Mello: The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross: Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE

WEEK I
Reading: Syllabus and Covenant
Tuesday: Introduction, class business. Determine group projects, presentations, and research papers.
Lecture: Society: Social Thought and Economy

Thursday: Lecture: Migration: The Roots of the US Society
Movie Screening: Richard Rodriguez

WEEK II
Reading: The Open Vains of Latin America
Tuesday: Lecture: Colonial Structure of Latin America
Movie Screening: The Last Supper
Discussion
Thursday: Student-led activity
Group Discussions & Seminar

WEEK III
Reading: TBA
Tuesday: Lecture: Colonial Structure: The Case of Brazil
Movie Screening: Quilombo
Discussion
Thursday: Student-led activity
Group Discussions & Seminar

WEEK IV
Reading: The House of the Spirits
Tuesday: Lecture: Chile 1970 - 1973
Movie Screening: Campamento
Discussion
Thursday: Student-led activity
Group Discussions & Seminar

WEEK V
Reading: The House of the Spirit
Tuesday: Lecture: Popular and Alternative Communication in Chile
Movie Screening: Chilean Cultural Resistance
Discussion
Thursday: Student-led activity
Group Discussions & Seminar

WEEKVI
Reading: Concierto Barroco
Tuesday: Lecture: Cultural Syncretism in the Americas
Movie Screening: Barroco
Discussion
Thursday: Student-led activity
Group Discussions & Seminar

WEEK VII
Reading: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Tuesday: Lecture: Liberation Theology
Movie Screening: The Kingdom Divided
Discussion
Thursday: Student-led activity
Group Discussions & Seminar

WEEK VIII
Reading: Flash of the Spirits
Tuesday: Lecture: Imna Arroyo (Guest Lecture)
Movie Screening: Oggun
Discussion
Thursday: Student-led activity
Group Discussions & Seminar
Public Lecture by Imna Arroyo at TESC (6.30pm)

WEEK IX
Reading: Latin America and the New World Order
Tuesday: Lecture: The Americas: Entering the New Century
Movie Screening: One day without a Mexican
Discussion
Thursday: Student-led activity
Group Discussions & Seminar

WEEK X
Final Examination [open notes]
Student Presentations

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

 

1. Regular attendance and participation in all program activities [4 credits]

2. Pre-seminar writings on assigned readings [4 credits]

3. Written examination in Week 10 [2 credits]

4. Students in the installation workshop will be required to completed on group and one individual installation project. Students in the video workshop will create a script and learn about video production techniques. (6 creduts)

COVENANT

By remaining in this program, you are agreeing to abide by the following guidelines:

1. To attend and to participate in all sessions in a timely manner. Inform the faculty member as soon as possible if you are unable to attend or will be late. Excessive absences (more than 3 instances per quarter) or tardiness will result in loss of credit.
2. To be prepared for all sessions by having carefully read the reading assignments beforehand.
3. To submit all written work and all self, faculty, and student evaluations promptly. Late submissions will not be accepted except in unusual and dire circumstances.
4. To resolve any disputes by the accepted College procedure of working in the context `closest to home’ (i.e., attempt resolution first with the fellow student(s) and/or the faculty member; then with the academic deans; and further, if necessary, according to the Grievance Policy).