Hi Everyone, For our first week of literature, in Mama Blanca’s Memoirs, I discuss the themes of desirability (localized in the discussion of straight vs. curly hair), the magic of storytelling (found in the moments between Mama Blanca and Blanca Nieves), and the understanding of loss (comparing the death of Little Rain Cloud – the …
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Sorry for the late submission – I got a bit lost on the course website. My name is Owen Chernikhowsky and I’m an anthropology major with a minor in music. It’s hard to say which year I’m in exactly, but I started university at UVic in 2018, switched to UBC anthropology in 2020, and expect […]
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Hello Everyone, Hola Todos! My name is David Peckham, I am a second year arts student, double majoring in linguistics and latin american studies. I am very excited to be taking this course, as I have always been fascinated, intrigued and interested in latin american literature from a very young age. Since around the age […]
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Hello everyone! Sorry for posting late on here, I was kind of confused on how the whole blog posting thing work, but I hope I’m doing this right. Anyway, my name is Cariza Warner, I’m a 3rd year undergrad student majoring in Psychology. I was born and raised in the Philippines, and then eventually moved […]
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Hello, my name is Felix and I am a 3rd year economics student, and am planning on minoring in Spanish as well. I am from Fort Lauderdale Florida, and from there I have brought up my favorite hobby, surfing. Living in the Pacific Northwest has been a little harder due to the colder weather, but […]
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Hi everyone! My name is Gillian and I am a third year student at UBC, studying Geography: Environment and Sustainability. I moved here from Toronto, Ontario and I’m afraid I don’t think I’ll be moving back anytime soon. I immediately fell in love with how beautiful British Columbia is, and the fact that Vancouver has […]
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Hi everyone 🙂 My name is Laura and I am a third year psychology student. I was born and raised in Vancouver. In my spare time I like to snowboard and cook. I look forward to getting to know you all through out the term! I am taking this course for a few different reasons. […]
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Hi everyone, my name is Kenward Tran and I am a fourth year student in the LFS faculty majoring in Global Resource Systems. My specializations include Environment, focusing on its impacts in Latin America. What better way to expand my knowledge about Latin America in the form of literature! I am excited for this course […]
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week1. introduction My name is Jasmine, I’m currently a 2nd year student doing something in Arts. I took RMST 202 last spring and I thoroughly enjoyed the amount of freedom given to the students. I felt like a lot of the heavy stresses of university were somewhat alleviated through this kind of structure, so I’m […]
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