Ethnic Studies Study Abroad Program in Mexico City in Summer 2024
ES New Study Abroad Program in Mexico City for Summer 2024 Courses Information
ES 323 Latinas/os in Popular Culture and ES 340 Latinx Cultural Production offered in Mexico City, summer 2024
The Cal Poly in Mexico City: Ethnic Studies program is a 5-week, 8-unit immersive academic experience in Mexico's capital. This new program launches in Summer 2024 and will be offered annually. Students will explore Mexico's history and arts and their influence on Mexican American/Chicano history and arts from their Indigenous roots to the present day. The required courses include ES 323, Latinas/os in Popular Culture, and ES 340, Latinx Cultural Production.
This program is led by Prof. José Navarro, jnavar17@calpoly.edu.
Through classroom learning and hands-on activities, students will get a grasp on Mexico's intricate historical and cultural impacts on the U.S. and the significant contributions of its diverse communities to Mexican and American language, culture, and identity. This program includes engagements with local artists, visits to heritage sites like Teotihuacán and visits to sites that house the many murals painted by renowned artists like Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siquieros.
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