Decolonial resistances for socio-environmental justice in Our America: knowledge, territories and images

GENERAL PURPOSE

Examine the colonial/modern/capitalist socio-environmental domination models and understand the role of social movements and community resistance not only in oppositional but also generative terms.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

1. To understand the concepts of decolonial resistance and socio-environmental justice from the Political Ecology of Our America.
2. To understand the epistemological, territorial and representational dimensions of decolonial resistances and their contributions to the construction of other (already) possible worlds.
3. To contribute to the construction of knowledge networks and social mobilization in our continent in order to consolidate the production of critical knowledge and socio-environmental actions in terms of socio-environmental justice.
4. To value the impact of the artistic field on territorial and socio-environmental problems as critical stances of memory and decolonial resistance

• The question of knowledge as a central axis of decolonial studies. The emancipation of peoples depends on the emancipation of their knowledge.
• Science, power, and knowledge
• Interculturality, relational ontologies, and practices of decolonizing knowledge
• Plural knowledge to build practical and socially relevant knowledge
• Disputed territories: capitalism, extractivism, and the struggles for the defense of territory
• From “environment” to territory: an intersectional perspective
• Territories, memory and the politics of representation
• Cultural territories and the spirituality of the land: visual resistances from traditional knowledge
• Thinking in images about socio-environmental conflicts: colonial/modern violence and decolonial resistance

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The basic requirements for taking a seminar are:

• Availability of at least 4 hours per week to dedicate to the seminar course.
• Internet access.
• Reasonable handling of communication and computer tools.
• Language proficiency in the language in which the course will be taught. The official languages ​​are Spanish and Portuguese.

The seminars last 12 weeks, plus the completion of a final project. 48 hours of work with the instructor and 90 hours of total dedication will be credited.

A course consists of twelve classes, each accompanied by required readings, supplementary readings, discussion forums, and learning activities proposed by the teaching team, as well as partial submissions and a final project. The course is delivered online and asynchronously. Some instructors may propose synchronous activities. In these cases, the time and date will be agreed upon in advance between the teaching team and the students to ensure everyone's participation. To pass the seminar, students must participate in at least 80% of the discussion forums and activities proposed by the instructors, complete all scheduled partial submissions, and pass the final project.

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