#latin american studies

[diaryofaphilosopher]

For those who see history as a competition, Latin America's backwardness and poverty are merely the result of its failure. We lost; others won. But the winners happen to have won thanks to our losing: the history of Latin America's underdevelopment is, as someone has said, an integral part of the history of world capitalism's development. Our defeat was always implicit in the victory of others; our wealth has always generated our poverty by nourishing the prosperity of others— the empires and their native overseers. In the colonial and neocolonial alchemy, gold changes into scrap metal and food into poison.

— Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent.

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[caribbeanart]

Caribbean Studies & Art History Blog

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[guayaba-podrida]

Biblioteca

Cien años de soledad // Gabo

Create Dangerously // Edwidge Danticat

Dreaming in Cuban // Cristina García

La casa de la laguna // Rosario Ferré

El amor en los tiempos del cólera // Gabo

El reino de este mundo // Alejo Carpentier

Navegación: Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico

[dandelion-wine-arts]

Bird Bath (1974)

By Leonora Carrington

[eesirachs]

i know that this is a wide scope question but what philosophy books/authors do you think are necessary for a theological self study with a liberation slant?

if i were composing an undergraduate intro class to liberation theology i would include gutierrez, romero, cone, gaudium et spes, ateek, dolores williams, wariboko, khumalo’s chapter in life under the baobab tree, althaus-reid, saidiya hartman, grace cho, and hortense spillers. this covers liberation theology done from the following frameworks: black theology, womanism, latin american theology, palestinian theology, african theology, korean feminist theology, and generally, post-colonialism

[mango-peach-strawberry]

Oh yeah I never mentioned it here but the Spanish version of Uprising is so fun. They name drop all kinds of Greek mythology (off the top of my head I remember them mentioning: Morpheus, Olympus, Tartarus, nyphms, and other things) and the nicknames the characters give to one another are pretty different.

I was translating a bit of the Spanish version in the 25 Years discord for funsies and was pleasantly surprised by the changes made in the localization!

[cars3s]

do you even understand how bad it is to turn the brutal and violent spanish colonization of south america into a father/child dynamic?

dude, i am half mexican, I know a lot about the history of Spain and Latin America (I am a student of Hispanic Literature/Linguistics) I've been in the Hetalia fandom for 8 years in spanish speaking side of the fandom.

English colonization was brutal as well (i mean, all European colonization in the Global South) however in Hetalia we still have England and several countries that represent its ex-colonies (Australia, the United States, Canada and even India and more) also the same happens with Portugal that has coexisted with Macau and the most recent example was with the introduction of Indonesia, which he had certain vignettes with Netherlands. But why would there be a problem with Spain and showing his relationship with his ex-colonies? I understand that Himaruya has never really been very interested in world history beyond the Western perspective.

I've been in the Hetalia latino fandom for more than 8 years, mainly Spanish speaking, and you should explore the "Latin Hetalia" hashtag here on tumblr or on FanFiction.net/Ao3 and there's so much fan-made material, mainly from people from Latin American countries that wanted representation of their countries in Hetalia, often making amazing OCs (I seriously love the design they did of Argentina, tqm Martín Hernández) and this whole fandom of PEOPLE FROM LATIN AMERICA made their own fanfics, OCs of their own story with representatives of their countries and often within this material they included Antonio/ Spain.

Hetalia has dealt with much more controversial topics in a comical way, I mean the protagonists literally ARE the axis powers in World War II, but we understand that this is A HISTORICAL PARODY, not the reality, so believe me that the Latin American fandom has been creating their fanfics/their videos/fanarts of our countries for years BECAUSE WE WANT REPRESENTATION OF OUR HISTORY and also because we love Hetalia, so believe me, we would not be offended if they mentioned more the historical relationship we had with Spain and all the content we have created in the fandom shows it.

My main point is with England, he can have this "pseudo fraternal/paternal-half awkward-half "affectionate-half son/father/big brother"" relationship with America, Australia, Canada, India, etc. Even France with Canada, Netherlands in some fanarts with Indonesia, China with Japan... Why not Spain? In the end this is what many people from the Latino fandom have done or created AND WANT (the people who mainly "should be offended")

Anyway, this is just a sample of the lack of representation of Latin America in Hetalia and that's it.

[judejuggs]

jumping through linguistic hoops trying to write a native english speaker speaking botched latin in a story written in english.

[intotheescape]

this semester's reads (spring '24)

[sefaradweb]

Medianoche (Kehos Kliguer)

«Sombras sobre el mar ¿De dónde brotarán tantas sombras sobre el mar sin luna? El barco lleva sus luces apagadas. En la medianoche duermen las cabinas. Mis ojos posados sobre el enorme océano aterrador se beben las sombras. ¿Y no serán todas las sombras, una sola, yo mismo? ¿Y hasta cuándo habrán de perseguir al barco por las altas aguas del Ecuador? Todo alrededor, encima y debajo, oscura, secreta abisalidad. Hümedo trópico en la profunda garganta negra de la noche. El cielo sin estrellas se vuelve nube cercana, lluviosa. Sombras sobre el mar. Sueños rasgados en la espesa oscufidad cargada de oleaje. Mis ojos sueñan en el mar y se beben las sombras.»

Midnight (Kehos Kliguer)

“Shadows on the sea. From where do so many shadows come on the moonless waters? The ship lights are out. At midnight the cabins sleep. My eyes gazing at the enormous terrifying ocean and drown in the shadows. And might not all the shadows be only one. I, myself? And until when will they chase the ship on the high Equator waters? All above, above and below dark, secret abyss. Humid tropic in the deep black gorge of the night The starless sky becomes a nearby rain cloud. Shadows on the sea. Dreams rent in the thick darkness riding on waves. My eyes dream in the sea and drown in the shadows.”

[diaryofaphilosopher]

Underdevelopment in Latin America is a consequence of development elsewhere, that we Latin Americans are poor because the ground we tread is rich, and that places privileged by nature have been cursed by history.

— Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent.

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[caribbeanart]

Celebrate Caribbean American heritage through the arts

[gaiuskamilah]

how many languages do you speak?

native fluency in tagalog & english, very basic spanish (language requirement in university program, also 30% of tagalog is just spanish lmao), can understand but can't speak ilocano

tagalog = english > spanish > ilocano basically

[orlamccools]

finally declared a minor w three semesters left to go.......!!!

[killmymind]

taking spanish literature this semester….. let’s see how that goes

[mikichko]

What's your greatest dream in life?

woof this is a hard one anon! i actually have two and i'm not sure which one i'll accomplish.

become a good enough engineer that i can finally make it to the space agencies and write software that helps us learn about space

finally become a writer after doing this for ten years and write a story heavily influenced by my home country

i feel like they go in opposite directions and I've yet to decide which path I'm sticking to so :)