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LALS 245Epistemologies of the South

5 creditsGraduateStudent Option

Examines efforts by intellectuals from the Global South, mainly Latin America, to cast off the political, cultural, and epistemological notions imposed by European colonialism and preserved today through the practices of Western/Eurocentric knowledge, to forge their own "epistemologies of the South."

Prerequisites

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

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When it runs

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Seminar
Tue 10:00am–1:00pm
Merrill Acad 134F. I. LeivaOpen 4/15

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Fernando Leiva3.8 / 52.7 / 587%23

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