Class Detail
LALS 194X - 01 Extractivism and Socio-Environmental Conflicts in the Americas
2025 Fall Quarter
Class Details
- Career
- Undergraduate
- Grading
- Student Option
- Class Number
- 12628
- Type
- Seminar
- Instruction Mode
- In Person
- Credits
- 5 units
- General Education
- Status
- Open
- Available Seats
- 14
- Enrollment Capacity
- 24
- Enrolled
- 10
- Wait List Capacity
- 0
- Wait List Total
- 0
OpenDescription
Explores, in-depth, how local communities, transnational capital, and state participate in conflicts anchored in extractive sectors, for example, mining, agro-exports, and so on. Through digital-based, case-study research, students identify and explore the logics of action, strategic interests, and the rhetoric of the principal protagonists in socio-ecological conflicts.
Enrollment Requirements
Prerequisite(s): LALS 100, LALS 100A, and LALS 100L. Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior Latin American and Latino studies majors and combined majors. Concurrent enrollment in LALS 194L required.
Class Notes
Concurrent enrollment in LALS 194L is required. Contact lalsadvising@ucsc.edu with any questions about enrollment.
Meeting Information
| Days & Times | Room | Instructor | Meeting Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| TuTh 11:40AM-01:15PM | Soc Sci 1 149 | Leiva,F.I. | 09/25/25 - 12/05/25 |