IARD 4010 - Syllabus

2012 Schedule for IARD/LATA 4010
Class meetings:
Fridays at 1:25p to 3:20p in 135 Emerson Hall
Note: All readings are available on Blackboard. Also refer to the 2010 symposium, Regional Inequality in Times of Globalization at www.latinamericalearning.org

Highly recommended reference:
Meyer, L. and Maldonado-Alvarado, B. (eds). 2010. New World of Indigenous Resistance. Noam Chomsky and Voices from North, South and Central America. City Lights Books, San Francisco. 416 pp. ISBN 978-0-87286-533-4

Date	Speaker and title
1/27
2/03 Environment / Crops	Mark Bridgen, Cornell University, Professor and Director, Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center. Chile and its unique biodiversity Assigned Readings Chile Country Profile, BBC News Background Note: Chile, US Department of State Introducing Chile, Lonely Planet
2/10 Environment / Crops	Robert Blake, Michigan State University, Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Food, trade, health, survival, migration…voice, respect… Assigned Readings De Schutter, O. 2011. End of Mission to Mexico: Mexico requires a new strategy to overcome the twin challenges of ¨food poverty¨ and obesity, says UN food expert. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Bellon, M. and J. Hellin. 2011. Planting hybrids, keeping landraces: Agricultural modernization and tradition among small-scale maize farmers in Chiapas, Mexico. World Development 39:1434-1443. Bellon, M. and J. Risopoulos. 2001. Small-scale farmers expand the benefits of improved maize germplasm: A case study from Chiapas, Mexico. World Development 29:799-811. Video interview El Maíz y la Cultura Mexicana. Interview (and script) of Don Rene de la Cruz, Vicente Guerrero Supplementary readings for those interested in animal agriculture Absalon-Medina, V. A., R. W. Blake, D. G. Fox, F. I. Juarez-Lagunes, C. F. Nicholson, E. G., Canudas-Lara, and B. L. Rueda Maldonado. 2011. Limitations and potentials of dual-purpose cow herds in central coastal Veracruz, Mexico. Trop. Anim. Health Prod. Open Access: DOI 10.1007/s11250-011-0049-1. Absalon-Medina, V. A., C. F. Nicholson, R. W. Blake, D. G. Fox, F. I. Juarez-Lagunes, E. G., Canudas-Lara, and B. L. Rueda Maldonado. 2011. Economic analysis of alternative management of dual-purpose cow herds in central coastal Veracruz, Mexico. Trop. Anim. Health Prod. Open Access: DOI 10.1007/s11250-011-0050-8.
2/17 Environment / Crops	Joe Yavitt, Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources. Tropical forest responses to climate change Assigned Readings The future of the Amazon: new perspectives from climate,ecosystem and social sciences, Richard A Betts, Yadvinder Malhi and J. Timmons Roberts, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2008 363, 1729-1735
2/24 Environment / Crops	Peter Hobbs, Cornell University, Associate Director, Academic and Proffesional Development Programs, International Programs-CALS. Crops and Cropping Systems in Chiapas Assigned Readings About the Cacao Tree, Cacao Web Case Study of the Coffee Sector in Mexico, Victor Pérez-Grovas, Edith Cervantes, John Burstein, July 2001 Two contrasting articles on Oil Palm: Colombia palm oil biodiesel plantations: A "lose-lose" development strategy?, Food First, Institute for Food and Development Policy The Oil Palm, fedepalma Two articles on Milpa: Farmer Preferences for Milpa Diversity and Genetically Modified Maize in México, Ekin Birol, Eric Rayn Villalba, Melinda Smale, IFPRI. Pages 8-11 (Abstract and Introduction) Agriculture and the Theocratic State in Lowland Southeastern Mexico, Robert F. Heizer, American Antiquity, Vol. 26, No. 2, Oct. 1960, Page 215-222
3/02 Social Movements / Migration	Debra Castillo, Cornell University, Director, Latin American Studies Program. Indigeneity and performance References Sna Jtz'ibajom: When Corn Was Born (Cómo nació el maíz) FOMMA Kan Balaam: pictures, video and script
3/09 Social Movements / Migration	Mary Jo Dudley, Cornell University, Director of Farmworkers Program. Farmworkers in New York State: Issues and Challenges Assigned Readings Inventory of Farmworker Issues and Protections, BON APPÉTIT MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOUNDATION, UNITED FARM WORKERS Farmworker Impact on Communities, Mary Jo Dudley, Sarah Alexander, Cornell University, CORNELL FARMWORKER PROGRAM, January 2009 Legalization of Immigrant Farmworkers, Mary Jo Dudley, Sarah Alexander, Cornell University, CORNELL FARMWORKER PROGRAM, January 2009
3/16 Environment / Crops	Margaret Smith, Cornell University, Plant Breeding and Genetics. Maize Production References 2009 presentation, Maize in Mexican culture. René de la Cruz: El Maíz y la Cultura Mexicana. Video interview with English translation. René de la Cruz: text of English translation Vocabulary (Spanish/English)
3/17 to 1/25	Spring Break
3/30 Social Movements / Migration	Wendy Wolford. Cornell University, Development Sociology. Movements in Movement: Social Mobilization and Migration in Latin America Assigned Readings Escobar, Arturo(2010) 'LATIN AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS', Cultural Studies, 24: 1, 1 — 65 Nine Theses on Social Movements Author(s): Andre Gunder Frank and Marta Fuentes Source: Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 22, No. 35 (Aug. 29, 1987), pp. 1503-1507+1509-1510
4/6 Globalization / Marketing	Pedro Perez, Cornell University, Applied Economics and Management. Economic History of Latin America Assigned Readings Economic History of Latin America. Pedro David Pérez
4/13 Health / Nutrition	Jennifer Nelson, Cornell University, International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development. Globalization and Marketing in Latin America Assigned Readings What Latin America Thinks About Globalization, Global Envision Grau, H. R., and M. Aide. 2008. Globalization and land-use transitions in Latin America. Ecology and Society 13(2): 16. Planting Hybrids, Keeping Landraces: Agricultural Modernization and Tradition Among Small-Scale Maize Farmers in Chiapas, Mexico, MAURICIO R. BELLON, JON HELLIN, World Development Vol. 39, No. 8, pp. 1434–1443, 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
4/20	Marshall McCormick, Cornell University, City & Regional Planning, M.R.P. Candidate '13. A Rights-Based Analysis of The Sustainable Rural Cities Program: The Case of Santiago El Pinar. Assigned Readings The University of Michigan Ross School of Business' report on the Sustainable Rural Cities
4/27 Health / Nutrition	Pilar Parra,Cornell University, CALS Nutritional Science. Maternal and Child Health: Traditional Midwives in Rural Mexico Assigned Readings Robbie-Davis-Floyd; Stacy Leigh Pigg and Sheila Cosminsky. 2001. Introduction. Daughters of time: The shifting identities of contemporary midwives. J. Medical Anthropology, 20:2-3. 105-139 Paola Sesia. “Women come here on their own when they need to” Prenatal care, authoritative knowledge, and maternal health in Oaxaca. Chapter 15, 397-420. In: Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge. Edited by Robbie-Davis-Floyd and Carolyn F. Sargent. University of California Press 1997
5/04	Peter Hobbs, Debra Castillo, and Cecilia Chapa, Study Course Field Trip Orientation

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