ANTH 50.35 The World Turned Upside Down: An Indigenous History of the Andes after the Spanish Invasion
This course will explore the tension between insiders and outsiders, colonizers and the colonized, Westerners and Natives. Students will examine not only what these tensions meant for the people of the Andes – in the countries of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador (and to a lesser extent Chile and Colombia) - but also in what ways similar phenomena occurred in North America and other parts of the world. Among other things, students will investigate differences between insider and outsider accounts, primary and secondary sources, history and archaeology, etc. - while acknowledging the strengths and limitations of these different sources and approaches.