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SPAN 360 Green Labyrinth: Storytelling and Sacred Plants 6 credits
Through films, short stories and novels, we analyze how plants like ayahuasca, peyote, and coca are at the intersection of exploitation, psychedelia, sacred practices and ecological awareness. We examine how the representations of plants in literature and cinema address biopiracy, colonialism, and the commodification of sacred plants. Also, we will study how indigenous communities preserve ancestral knowledge and resist environmental destruction. Students will critically reflect on the connections between storytelling, plant-based medicine, and contemporary environmental challenges in Latin America and beyond.
Extra Time Required: Film screenings and attending talks.
- Winter 2026
- IS, International Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One SPAN course numbered 205 or higher excluding Independent Studies with a grade of C- or better.
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SPAN 360.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Ingrid Luna 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WBoliou 140 11:10am-12:20pm
- FBoliou 140 12:00pm-1:00pm
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SPAN 376 Mexico City: The City as Protagonist 6 credits
This seminar will have Mexico City as protagonist, and will examine the construction of one of the largest urban centers of the world through fictional writing, cultural criticism, and visual/aural culture. We will critically engage the fictions of its past, the dystopias of its present, the assemblage of affects and images that give it continuity, but which also codify the ever-changing and contested view of its representation and meaning. From Carlos Fuentes to Sayak Valencia, in the company of Eisenstein and Cuarón, among others.
- Winter 2026
- IS, International Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One SPAN course numbered 205 or higher excluding Independent Studies with a grade of C- or better.
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SPAN 376.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Silvia López 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 244 1:50pm-3:35pm