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LALS 172Visualizing Human Rights

5 creditsUndergraduateStudent Option

Explores how visual artists take up the subject of human rights in response to urgent challenges facing Latina/o and Latin American communities across the Americas. Examines the imprint of film and media arts reshaping human-rights discourse. Considers persistent themes in Latina/o representation, including colonialism and state terrorism; self-representation and the rights of collectives (racial, ethnic, and sexual groups); social and economic rights. (Meets the methods requirement in Latin America and Latino studies.)

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When it runs

Winter 2027Open Winter 2027

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 11:40am–1:15pm
Cowell Clrm 131S. PatelOpen 0/55

Fall 2025Open Fall 2025

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed Fri 9:20am–10:25am
Cowell Clrm 131S. PatelClosed 49/45

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Shankari Patel4.5 / 51.3 / 594%51

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