Spanish 340DG - Advanced Studies in Visual Cultures: 'Indigenous Futures'

This course examines how contemporary artists from the Andes and the Amazon imagine and represent the future of their communities by putting their experiences, aesthetics and epistemologies in dialogue with global issues, such as the environmental crisis. Through analysis of a diverse corpus of works--from Guamán Poma's 17th century drawings, to Daniela Catrileo's 2023 novel Chilco--we will examine how indigenous artists and thinkers have imagined other worlds and realities, and we will explore how these works challenge ideas around race, nation, gender, and class. Students will also have a chance to test their own critical imaginations by producing narratives about the future.

Prereq: Two courses in Spanish at the 200-level above SPAN-212.