Legal Studies 397RA - ST-IndigenousResist/Americas
Spring
2019
01
3.00
Angelica Bernal
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
22924
Machmer Hall room W-22
abernal@polsci.umass.edu
This course examines the contemporary indigenous struggle in the Americas. Themes discussed in the course include historical and contemporary colonialism, sovereignty claims, indigenous social movements and modes of resistance, and legal and political frameworks shaping indigenous struggles from national to international law. The course will also focus on specific case studies including:
anti-globalization resistance and autonomous governance by the Zapatistas; grassroots and legal struggles against genocide in Guatemala; and indigenous resistance surrounding natural resource extraction from Standing Rock Water Protectors to indigenous activists in the Amazon.
anti-globalization resistance and autonomous governance by the Zapatistas; grassroots and legal struggles against genocide in Guatemala; and indigenous resistance surrounding natural resource extraction from Standing Rock Water Protectors to indigenous activists in the Amazon.
Open to Senior and Junior Legal Studies majors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250 Non-Legal Studies Majors should contact the instructor for permission to register.