Wasteland Film Review and Pics:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1698070/wasteland-lucy-walker-vik-muniz-jardim-gramacho

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/mar/29/wasteland-humanizes-landfill-workers/

Liberation Theology Lecture Today

Dr. Paul Lewis will give a lecture on liberation theology in Brazil today at 3pm. Attendance is required.

Boa noite do Rio de Janeiro!

Students,

You will not meet with Dr. Kanter this week but instead will be able to watch the very same documentary from a weblink.  Navigate to this link and watch the video before April 2nd.  Continue your reading (as assigned) in Black in Latin America . 

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-latin-america/featured/black-in-latin-america-full-episode-brazil-a-racial-paradise/224/

I look forward to being back in class with you on the 2nd.  We´ll talk about some recent developments in Brazil, too. 

Ate logo do Brasil!

Prof. Spears

Black in Latin America Website

Students,

This website serves as a good resource to our book and discussions.  I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-latin-america/

Dr. Spears

Guided Questions (Zakaria Reading - Feb 20 & 22)

Students:

Use these questions as a guide to the chapters you are reading this week.  See you next Monday.  Don't forget, you can collect your exams in the Intl Programs mail/copy room on the 2nd floor of Ryals!

Chapter 5 - "The Ally"

• Describe India's historical development in the twentieth century, paying particular attention to how politics and economic development underscored its society.
• What is meant by 'the eagle and the cow'?  Why is this terminology culturally relevant?  How do we compare it to China's metaphor of being a 'sleeping dragon'?
• What is the 'Hindu worldview'?
• Describe India's 'geographic expression.'

Chapter 6 - "American Power"

• Zakaria outlines several characteristics of 'American power'.  They are: 'the future is here,' 'best industry,' and 'learning to think'.  Explain these characteristics.  Do you agree or not?  Why?
• What does the author mean by 'The Hollowing Out of the Middle?'  Explain. 

Chapter 7 - "American Purpose"

• What is the author's purpose of this chapter?  Explain. 
• Zakaria outlines rules of a 'new age': 
1. Choose
2. Build roads, not narrow interests
3. Be Bismark, not Britain
4. Order a la care
5. Think asymmetrically
6. Legitimacy is power 
• Describe each of these 'rules' and establish an argument as to why or not these suggestions are legitimate.  

Best wishes from Washington, DC!

WoW This Week & Upcoming Exam

Globetrotters:

We will do a verbal WoW this week from the new edition of the Economist.  Find an article that is of interest that you want to talk about.  You do not have to write up a summary this week but.. you do need to bring your other WoW summaries from the previous weeks to class on Wednesday.  The need to be typed and placed in a 3-ring binder.

Regarding the exam: I will pass it out at the end of class on Wednesday.  You have until Monday at 5:15 to turn it in.  I teach from 4:20 - 5:10 p.m. in Ryals 207.  You must bring the hardcopy of the exam (stapled, double-spaced, and typed) to my classroom at 5:10, or to my office or  place it in my mailbox on the copy room second floor of Ryals (across from the new classrooms in the side hallway).

There is no class on Monday as you will be finishing your essays. 

More directions will be placed on the exam.

See you on Wednesday.  I enjoyed our in-class discussion today!
 

New WoW (25 Jan 12)

Dont' forget to bring your Economist magazines (if they've arrived) with you to class.  I'll call on you to discuss your WoW.  Read the NY Times article, too.  We'll crack into Keohane's 'hegemony'. 

As they say in Brazil, ate mais (until later)!