Chile

The course discusses the intersection between human and animal based on historical cases and zooethical discussions. It explores the different ways of understanding the continuity and contiguity of animals and humans in various periods and historical cases; especially, but not exclusively, since the definitive establishment of Darwinism. This course also analyzes the zooethical dimensions related to carnivorous nutrition, bull fighting, pets, zoos, and other institutions of human/animal interaction or between human and non-human animals.

The course analyzes the characteristics of a regenerative food system from a theoretical-practical approach. It includes practical work experience in an urban garden accompanied by guided reflections on the contemplation of nature, ecological processes associated with gardening, and identifying issues with cultivation methods in conventional agriculture. Topics include: food systems; food production; distribution and manufacturing; consumption and waste.

This course provides a study of Quechua language and culture and examines the importance and influence of the Quechua culture in Chile. The course is divided into twelve units, each examining grammatical and cultural elements through translated texts (riddles, stories, poetry, songs), documentaries, historical surveys, and Internet research.

This course examines the principal political, economic, social, and cultural phenomena involved in the formation and development of Latin American culture. It includes the interdependent relationship of Chile in the process of Latin American development; homogeneity and heterogeneity in Latin America; the Spanish-Indian encounter and problems of identity; social institutions in the colonial period; modernization and cultural identity; family; psychology; popular religion; and arts, film, literature, world vision, and change in Latin America.