Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: EXTRACTIVE ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN LATIN AMERICA

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Considering extractivism—from highly toxic practices such as mining to less maligned enterprises such as monoculture agriculture—this seminar explores the multiple ways in which architecture and urbanism have performed as instruments of extractive capitalism in Latin America, from the colonial search for El Dorado, to the neocolonial infrastructures of modern developmentalism, to the commodity boom and planetary urbanization of today. Engaging with critical theory and groundbreaking architectural history, students will interrogate the environmental and racialized social injustices supported by extractive architectures, as well as alternate forms of inhabiting the planet that have been left out of historical accounts. Attendance and participation; In-class reading presentations (Graduate students are required to present for three different weeks ); Contribution to the Map of Extractive Architecture and Urbanism in Latin America Map (Students will identify case studies related to the course content and mark them as pins and story-maps in a digital collaborative document. Graduate students will identify 4-6 case studies); Individual research project (Students will write a final research paper. Graduate students should write a paper of approximately 7,000 words). Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: HART 408.